CLIENT
Christopher Dunn
- County of Conviction: St. Louis City
- Convicted of: First-degree murder, assault in the first degree, armed criminal action
- Sentence: Life without parole
- Years Served: 33 and counting
Breaking News Update:
7/24/24: Today, Judge Sengheiser ordered Christopher Dunn’s release, but less than an hour before his scheduled release, the Missouri Supreme Court, at the Attorney General’s request, stayed the order. Chris remains in custody as we continue to fight for his freedom. Meanwhile, we’re also advocating for Marcellus Williams, who faces execution on September 24th despite DNA evidence proving his innocence. The prosecuting attorney has filed a motion to vacate his wrongful conviction, but the court has yet to schedule a hearing.
For more than 30 years, Christopher Dunn has been imprisoned for a crime he did not commit. This morning, St. Louis Circuit Attorney Gabe Gore joined Chris’ call for justice and filed a motion to vacate Chris’ conviction because he is actually innocent. Circuit Attorney Gore shares good company.
In 2020, Texas County Circuit Court Judge William Hickle also found that Chris is innocent, but was unable to overturn Chris’ conviction and free him because in Missouri innocence alone is not enough to overturn a conviction unless that person was sentenced to death. Missouri is the only state in the nation to limit innocence claims by a person’s sentence. And until the legislature changes the law, only a prosecutor can petition a court to free an innocent person sentenced to anything less than death.
We are grateful to the Circuit Attorney for his commitment to pursuing justice in Chris’ case and look forward to presenting the evidence of his innocence to the Court. We are confident that when faced with such evidence, any Court will find, as Judge Hickle did over three years ago, that Christopher Dunn is innocent