Missouri Supreme Court halts release of man with overturned conviction as he was about to go free
Associated Press
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri Supreme Court has halted the immediate release of a man whose murder conviction was overturned — just as the man was about to walk free. A St. Louis Circuit Court judge had ordered Christopher Dunn to be released by 6 p.m. CDT Wednesday and threatened the prison warden with contempt if Dunn remained imprisoned. But the attorney general has been fighting Dunn’s release. Corrections Department spokesperson Karen Pojmann said Dunn was signing paperwork to be released when the Missouri Supreme Court issued a stay, putting his release on hold. His wife was en route to pick him up.
