Hearing Underway in St. Louis Courtroom Could Free Christopher Dunn From Prison
May 21, 2024
Four years after a court ruled he was likely innocent, Christopher Dunn is getting a chance to be freed.
St. Louis Circuit Judge Jason Sengheiser began taking testimony Tuesday in a hearing on a motion to vacate Dunn’s conviction in the May 1990 murder of Ricco Rogers. Dunn is serving a life sentence, but two adolescent eyewitnesses have recanted, and prosecutors now say they no longer believe Dunn is guilty.
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