Missouri judge overturns woman's 43-year-old murder conviction based on claims of police coercion.

A Missouri judge overturned a woman's 43-year-old murder conviction, after her lawyers claimed that a police officer was involved in the crime. The woman, who was a psychiatric patient at the time, had incriminated herself in a 1980 killing. Her lawyers now argue that she was coerced into confessing under police pressure.

June 15, 2024
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