ST. LOUIS — A Missouri man was freed from prison on Tuesday after his murder conviction was overturned after 34 years behind bars, despite the state attorney general’s efforts to keep him there.
52-year-old Christopher Dunn, reunited with his wife, Kira Dunn, as he was officially released Tuesday night. As his release drew imminent, he was driven by van from the state prison in Licking, Missouri, to St. Louis.
A St. Louis circuit judge overturned Dunn’s murder conviction on July 22 and ordered his immediate release. Dunn remained imprisoned amid a chaotic process that began when Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey appealed to try and keep Dunn locked up.
Dunn’s release marks the second time in recent weeks that a person was freed from prison despite Bailey’s appeals to keep them in custody after a murder conviction was overturned.
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