Fate of Missouri Man Imprisoned for More Than 30 Years Is Now in Hands of Judge

Published on May 23, 2024

ST. LOUIS—A St. Louis judge will soon decide the fate of a Missouri man who has spent more than three decades in prison for a killing he says he didn’t commit. Christopher Dunn was convicted of first-degree murder in the 1990 shooting death of 15-year-old Ricco Rogers. St. Louis Circuit Attorney Gabe Gore believes Mr. Dunn was wrongfully convicted, and requested a hearing before Judge Jason Sengheiser. It concluded Wednesday. “In this case, your honor, there simply remains no evidence at all,” Mr. Gore said, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported. The Missouri Attorney General’s Office opposed the effort to vacate Mr. Dunn’s conviction. Lawyers for the state said that initial testimony from two boys at the scene who said Mr. Dunn was the shooter was correct, even though they later recanted as adults....

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