Jefferson City, August 5 (RHC)-- In the U.S. state of Missouri, 52-year-old Christopher Dunn was freed this week after spending nearly three-and-a-half decades in prison on a now-overturned murder conviction.
Dunn, who is Black, was convicted in 1991, when he was just 19 years old, on eyewitness testimony of two young teens, who later recanted. Dunn’s conviction was overturned last week, but Missouri’s attorney general blocked a judge’s order for his immediate release, delaying his freedom until Tuesday this week.
