New Filings, March 2nd, 2021

• Statement on the Missouri Supreme Court decision in State v. Johnson
• Missouri Supreme Court decision in State v. Johnson

February 12th, 2020

• Amicus Legal Ethics Scholars
• Amicus ACLU and Innocence Network
• Amicus Elected Prosecutors
• Amicus NACDL MACDL
• Amicus Retired MO Judges
• Intervenor CAO Brief
• Johnson Brief
• Amicus Post Conviction Scholars

October 23rd, 2019

• Amicus Brief of 34 Prosecutors 
• Amicus Brief of ACLU, ACLU MO, and the Innocence Project
• Amicus Brief of Legal Ethics Scholars
• Amicus Brief of Legal Post-conviction Scholars 
• Appellants Brief  Circuit Attorney
• Appellants Brief Lamar Johnson

August 16th, 2019

• August 16th, 2019 Lamar Johnson Press Release
• Conviction Integrity Unit Report
• Motion for a New Trial
• Motion to Join
• Prosecutors Amicus Brief 
• Johnson Motion to Join 
• Circuit Attorney’s Brief in Support of Court’s Authority 

Filings

• Report of the CIU State v. Lamar Johnson, Case No. 22941-03706A-01
• Circuit Attorney’s Motion for New Trial
• Motion to Join

Press Release

• Lamar Johnson Press Release 

In the News

• 45 elected prosecutors argue that Missouri Supreme Court should grant Lamar Johnson a new trial

• St. Louis prosecutor calls to overturn conviction based on fabricated police evidence, undisclosed witness payments

• Messenger: Gardner’s new Conviction Integrity Unit alleges perjury and misconduct in 1994 murder case

• Gardner files for new trial in 1995 murder case after internal investigation

• MO Innocence Claim Gets Prosecutor’s Strong Backing

• St. Louis prosecutor: Evidence fabricated in murder case

• Messenger on McGraw: Lamar Johnson case is part of national trend among prosecutors seeking justice

• To win a murder conviction, police and prosecutors made up evidence and secretly paid a witness, St. Louis DA finds

• Nationwide prosecutors: St. Louis judge’s ruling in murder case is ‘a symbol of unfairness’