You turn to us for voices you won't hear anywhere else.

Sign up for Democracy Now!'s Daily Digest to get our latest headlines and stories delivered to your inbox every day.

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

HeadlineAug 02, 2024

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.

The original content of this program is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License. Please attribute legal copies of this work to democracynow.org. Some of the work(s) that this program incorporates, however, may be separately licensed. For further information or additional permissions, contact us.

Non-commercial news needs your support

We rely on contributions from our viewers and listeners to do our work.
Please do your part today.
Make a donation
Top