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Missouri Prisoner Exonerated in 1983 Prison Murder; Brady Violations Cited
Loaded on Nov. 8, 2014
by Christopher Zoukis
published in Prison Legal News
November, 2014, page 54
Filed under:
Prosecutor/Attorney General Misconduct,
Attorney Misconduct,
Prosecutors,
Wrongful Conviction.
Location:
Missouri.
Missouri Prisoner Exonerated in 1983 Prison Murder; Brady Violations Cited
by Christopher Zoukis
Reginald “Reggie” Griffin, 53, was sentenced to death for the July 12, 1983 stabbing of James Bausley in a yard at the Moberly Correctional Center (then known as the Missouri Training Center for Men). …
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