$1.5 Million Raised for Exonerated Missouri Man Who Spent 43 Years in Prison

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By Teddy Grant Published: November 29, 2021

$1.5 Million Raised for Exonerated Missouri Man Who Spent 43 Years in Prison

Kevin Strickland, a Black man, has been exonerated after spending 43 years in a Missouri prison for a crime he maintained he did not commit.

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According to The National Registry of Exonerations, Strickland’s confinement is the longest wrongful imprisonment in the state’s history.

Over $1 million has been raised for Kevin Strickland, a Missouri man who served over four decades in prison for a crime he didn’t commit.

Strickland, 62, had his conviction for capital murder and second-degree murder overturned by Missouri Senior Judge James Welsh on Tuesday.

A GoFundMe page run by the Midwest Innocence Project has so far raised over $1.5 million for Strickland to help him reacclimate back into society.

People who are freed through DNA testing from Missouri prisons are only eligible for $50 a day of post-conviction confinement, according to CNN.

Strickland served 43 years at Western Missouri Correctional Center following his 1979 conviction for allegedly killing Sherrie Black, 22, Larry Ingram, 21 and John Walker, 20, a crime where he’s always maintained his innocence.

According to The National Registry of Exonerations, Strickland’s confinement is the longest wrongful imprisonment in the state’s history.

Strickland said he found out about his exoneration through a breaking news report while he was watching television, CNN reported. Shortly after his release, he said was “still in disbelief” over everything.