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The Case of Lamar Johnson
📻 Episode #350
🎙️ Hosted by Guest Host Lauren Bright Pacheco
📅 Apr 20, 2023
About This Episode
On the evening of October 30, 1994, Marcus Boyd and Greg Elking were sitting on Marcus’s front porch in St. Louis, MO when two men, wearing ski masks and armed with guns, ambushed them and shot Marcus several times leading to his death. Police gathered that 20 year old Lamar Johnson may have had a…
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The Case
On the evening of October 30, 1994, Marcus Boyd and Greg Elking were sitting on Marcus’s front porch in St. Louis, MO when two men, wearing ski masks and armed with guns, ambushed them and shot Marcus several times leading to his death. Police gathered that 20 year old Lamar Johnson may have had a conflict with Marcus, so Lamar became a prime suspect. Based on fabricated identifications and the word of a jailhouse snitch, Lamar was convicted and sentenced to life without parole. Lauren Bright Pacheco talks to Lamar Johnson and Lindsey Runnels, Lamar's attorney.
https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-lamar-johnson-after-wrongful-conviction
https://themip.org/
https://lavaforgood.com/podcast/288-jason-flom-with-ken-middleton-update/
https://lavaforgood.com/podcast/303-jason-flom-with-billie-allen/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y48Sqab0mEo
In Their Own Words — transcript excerpts
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00:05:14“Speaker 1: nineteen ninety four, at around nine pm. At this time, Speaker 1: Leslie Williams was in the apartment that she shared with Speaker 1: Marcus Boyd bathing their baby, while Marcus was downstairs on Speaker 1: their porch on Louisiana Avenue, and a man named Greg Speaker 1: Elkin was there to repay Marcus for some crack. So”
00:20:03“Speaker 2: just began to talk about the imaginary case, which police Speaker 2: had to eventually admit that they looked for this case Speaker 2: and it never even happened. Speaker 3: They're being asked on the stand in front of the jury, well, Speaker 3: did you investigate this other supposed robbery and homicide of”
00:34:51“Speaker 1: And we've seen this same issue in another case that Speaker 1: we've covered on this podcast, Ken Middleton. His trial judge Speaker 1: edith Iss granted him a new trial in twenty four Speaker 1: but this issue halted that new trial on appeal. Now, Speaker 1: his current district attorney, Jean Peters Baker, who has acknowledged”
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