Inmate: New evidence shows innocence

Thursday, March 20, 2014

ST. LOUIS -- A death row inmate has asked the Missouri Supreme Court for a new trial, saying new evidence undermines a conviction that was key to his death sentence and that investigators whose questionable conduct led to the overturning of another capital case also mishandled his case.

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