Hearing could lead to freedom for Kevin Strickland and make his confinement the longest wrongful imprisonment in Missouri history
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Kansas City, Missouri — A Kansas City man who's been jailed more than 40 years for a triple murder adamantly and repeatedly denied having anything to do with the crime during testimony Monday in an evidentiary hearing that could lead to his freedom. If he winds up being released, his confinement would become the longest wrongful imprisonment in Missouri history, CBS News' Eugene Ansley points out.
Kevin Strickland entered a building he hadn't been in for more than 40 years when he arrived in the courtroom, Ansley noted.
Wearing an orange jumpsuit, red shirt, and facemask, Strickland was wheeled in by security guards. He developed spinal stenosis in 2016 and can't stand for more than three or four minutes.
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