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In Missouri, Attorney General Andrew Bailey is in a tough primary fight against a Trump lawyer who says Bailey is soft on crime.

Over the decades he spent in prison, sentenced to life for a fatal shooting in 1990, Christopher Dunn faced one obstacle after another as he sought to clear his name.

Last month, he ran into yet another. A Missouri judge had exonerated Mr. Dunn and ordered his release from prison. Dressed in a jacket and tie, Mr. Dunn was signing the last bit of paperwork when he overheard the warden taking a call, saying, “We were just about to release him — what do you want me to do?”

The state attorney general, Andrew Bailey, had intervened to keep Mr. Dunn, 52, behind bars. He was ordered to change back into his prison uniform and returned to his cell, leaving the St. Louis prosecutor, who had asked the court to clear Mr. Dunn, scrambling to free him.

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Weeks before trying to block Mr. Dunn’s release, Mr. Bailey moved to keep Sandra Hemme locked up after a judge ruled that she was innocent. Ms. Hemme, who had been in prison for 43 years, spent another month behind bars before the state’s highest court stepped in and ordered her release.

And in June, Mr. Bailey tried unsuccessfully to quash a motion by the St. Louis County prosecutor to exonerate Marcellus Williams, who was convicted of the 1998 murder of a local journalist and faces execution in September.

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[–] apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 40 points 3 months ago (1 children)

This state is full of theocratic fascists. Even in Democratic primaries like Bush v Bell, Bell is funded by theocratic fascists at AIPAC intending to split the liberal voters and black voters and pit them against each other.

[–] cogman@lemmy.world 19 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I really struggle to understand how keeping innocent people behind bars is popular with anyone. The only thing I can come up with is that the people kept behind bars are some racial or religious minority.

I would have thought "this guy is stopping the release of exonerated people" would upset a lot of people.

[–] apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago

Yeah it is about racism, prison industry lobby, racism, vying for a future electoral seat, and more racism.

[–] CainTheLongshot@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

Especially considering their arguments for doing this is being "tough on crime" . This isn't tough on crime! You got the wrong person locked up, while the real criminal is possibly still out there!

[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 21 points 3 months ago

I really don’t understand this guy’s motivation or endgame. Unless he’s just getting off on utterly dashing the hopes of a fellow human and ensuring they die a horrible death.

[–] kn0wmad1c@programming.dev 12 points 3 months ago

It sounds like privatized prisons paid for this AG's yacht.

[–] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 10 points 3 months ago (1 children)

How is that not incredibly illegal? We should be sending in the goddamn Marines to rescue the hostages.