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Kevin Strickland was exonerated after spending 43 years in prison for a triple murder he did not commit. Now, the state of Missouri is marking June 7 as “Kevin Strickland Day” — but he says he asked for a different name, “Conscious Awareness Day,” to “give it to the people.”
"48 Hours" correspondent Erin Moriarty sits down with Kevin Strickland, a man who has spent the last 43 years in a Missouri prison for murders he says he did not commit. The local prosecutor determined that Strickland is "factually innocent" and has tried to have him released, but Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt maintains Strickland is guilty and is fighting to keep him behind bars.
For the first time since his release, Kevin Strickland is sitting down for a network television interview. Erin Moriarty of "48 Hours" speaks to Strickland about adjusting to life outside prison and his goals for the future as a free man.
Last Tuesday, a Missouri judge overturned Kevin Strickland's 1979 conviction for a triple homicide and ordered he be immediately released.
A judge ordered that Strickland be immediately released.
Hearing could lead to freedom for Kevin Strickland and make his confinement the longest wrongful imprisonment in Missouri history. Prosecutors disagree over his guilt. He's long insisted he's not guilty.
Decades after Kevin Strickland was convicted in a triple homicide, he remains in a Missouri prison, despite prosecutors agreeing with him that he is innocent. Erin Moriarty reports.
Strickland, convicted in a triple homicide, says he is innocent. The prosecutor agrees with him.
Kevin Strickland, of Kansas City, was 18 when he was arrested for the 1978 deaths of three people during a home invasion. He has been imprisoned for four decades.
"48 Hours" correspondent Erin Moriarty talks with two Missouri men, Kevin Strickland and Lamar Johnson, who have served a combined 70 years in prison for murders most people now believe they did not commit. And yet, even though prosecutors have called for their release, innocence may not be enough to earn them their freedom – both men are still behind bars. So, what's going on in the state of Missouri?
Prosecutors have called for the release of Kevin Strickland and Lamar Johnson, who have served a combined 70 years in prison for murders they did not commit. And yet, innocence has not earned them their freedom. So, what's going on in the state of Missouri?
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