US man, 50, has murder conviction overturned after serving nearly 28 years of life sentence

[Still Waters]

A 50-year-old man has had his conviction overturned after serving nearly 28 years of a life sentence for a murder he always maintained he didn't commit.

Lamar Johnson closed his eyes and shook his head slightly as a member of his legal team patted him on the back when the judge issued the ruling.

Mr Johnson was convicted of murder for the October 1994 killing of Marcus Boyd, who was shot to death on his front porch by two masked men in St Louis, Missouri.

The case for his release was centred around a key witness who recanted his testimony and a prison inmate who admitted it was he - not Mr Johnson - who was the second man involved in the killing.

https://news.sky.com/story/lamar-johnson-father-50-has-murder-conviction-overturned-after-serving-nearly-28-years-of-life-sentence-12811403