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As time passed and the case gathered momentum, our hope began rising while our blog posting frequency diminished. We worked hard, and wondered if innocence would ever be enough in Missouri. On July 30, 2025, it finally was enough. Chris walked into the arms of his family after 34 years of wrongful incarceration. We thought… Continue reading More to come

Christopher Dunn’s legal team filed a habeas corpus petition with the Supreme Court of the United States on December 16, 2022. Copies were distributed for conference on January 13, 2023, and the Missouri Attorney General’s office was asked to respond by February 6, 2023.The petition asks three questions:1. Is it cruel and unusual punishment and… Continue reading Christopher Dunn asks SCOTUS – Does innocence matter today in the USA?

It is June 16, 2022. More than a year and a half after Judge William Hickle wrote in his order than Christopher Dunn clearly meets the standards for both gateway and freestanding actual innocence. More than a year and a half since Chris should have walked out of prison as a free man and welcomed… Continue reading Will Missouri Ever Recognize Innocence?

“He fasts each year on the anniversary of Rogers’ murder, and wants his family to know that ‘he did not take their child from them,’ ” Kansas City Star, November 25, 2021 When Chris was offered 10 years to plead guilty, he turned it down. He couldn’t bring himself to admit to something he did… Continue reading Justice for Recco

“It is difficult to imagine a free society where it is not a manifest injustice to imprison an innocent person.” Sean D. O’Brien There’s lots of talk about the Lincoln v. Cassady ruling, but the legal incarceration of innocent Missouri citizens didn’t start there. The appeals court in that ruling drew heavily on the case… Continue reading When did it become legal to lock up innocent people in Missouri?

Today, Christopher Dunn turns 50. For the 32nd time, he spends his birthday locked up for a crime did not commit. His innocence is documented by a Missouri 25th Circuit judge in a September 2020 order (embedded on the home page of this site). The judge explains that Chris proved his innocence in a May… Continue reading 50 years of life – but only 18 years as a free man

After 43 years of wrongful imprisonment, Kevin Strickland is home. We rejoice for him and his family that justice was finally done. As he will receive no money from the state of Missouri to compensate for its mistake, his attorneys at the Midwest Innocence Project have asked the public to donate so that Kevin can… Continue reading Kevin Strickland Is Finally Home. Who Is Next?

By Christopher Dunn Change has finally come. Since 1988, the statues of Missouri haven’t seen a legally significant change, and to be completely honest with you, we’ve been waiting for so long that we’ve practically forgotten what a breath of fresh air feels like. In the 1970’s, our state was facing a sad, pitiful-looking reality.… Continue reading Missouri, Meet the Challenge – Overturn Lincoln v. Cassady