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August 2, 2024

52-Year-Old Christopher Dunn Is Freed After More Than 3 Decades in Prison on a False Conviction
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In 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.


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