A judge in the state of Missouri in the USA has ordered the immediate release of a man who has spent 43 years in prison for a triple murder he did not commit.
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Kevin Strickland (62) is dark-skinned and was convicted by a white panel of judges in 1979 for three murders in the city of Kansas. He was then sentenced to life in prison.
Strickland pleaded not guilty and also had an alibi. There was also no evidence linking him to the killings.
The prosecution agreed earlier this year that he had been wrongly convicted.
The 62-year-old has served 43 years behind bars. This makes him one of the longest-serving inmates in the United States who has been wrongly convicted, according to the National Registry of Acquittals.
