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sirbissel t1_j8nxtrt wrote

Reply to comment by code_archeologist in Lamar Johnson freed 28 years after wrongful murder conviction by CommanderMcBragg

Dwight Warren

Also worth throwing in former Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt, as well as current Attorney General Andrew Bailey who both opposed St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kimberly Gardner's attempts at getting a new trial for Johnson.

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preprandial_joint t1_j8o3608 wrote

> former Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt

Now US Senator Eric Schmitt unfortunately.

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Draano t1_j8oaqjr wrote

> Now US Senator Eric Schmitt unfortunately.

It would be cool if someone on Meet the Press brought that up while interviewing him for some bill he's sponsoring.

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Karenomegas t1_j8oqxk4 wrote

Before the Bush administration we used to see stuff like that. I'm hoping the new blood in journalism will ignore that precedent.

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Prophet_Tehenhauin t1_j8s5n9q wrote

Problem is in '96 we decided, in the spirit of deregulation, to allow billionaires to buy up more media companies. So journalists don't often ask the hard questions anymore.

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