Missouri man spent almost three decades in prison for a murder he didn't commit before he was finally released.
This story was originally posted on April 29, 2023.Lamar Johnson, a St. Louis, Missouri man, had spent almost three decades in prison before he was finally set free in February 2023. '48 Hours' correspondent Erin Moriarty takes an in-depth look at the case and for the first time talks to the witness who helped put him away — a witness who says he was pressured by law enforcement to identify Johnson as one of the killers.
And this is the part I hate the most. … I just remember saying to him, 'you tell me the numbers and I'll tell you if you're right.' And he did. … And I was like, that was it, that was the numbers.GREG ELKINS: And I've been living with it … 25, 28 years and I'm telling you, I just wish, I just wish I could change time.
Yes. Yes. Yes ma'am.Attorney Miranda Loesch asked him about his conversation with Detective Nickerson a few days after the murder. Mr. Elking goes 'Hey, … I know who it is, it's number three in the first lineup and it's number four in the second lineup.' MIRANDA LOESCH: And did you tell him to say that? DET.
Please stand up, Mr. Johnson.
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