Missouri man won't face third trial in 1990 slaying

Wednesday, July 16, 2014

ST. LOUIS -- A special prosecutor on Tuesday dismissed a first-degree murder charge against a northwest Missouri man facing a third trial in his neighbor's 1990 death -- the latest and likely final legal victory in a nearly quarter-century effort to clear his name.

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