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Article: Falsely accused: state supreme court overturns conviction.(Missouri Supreme Court)
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- The Forensic Examiner
- Article date:
- June 22, 2006
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On July 28, 2003, the Missouri Supreme Court ordered the release of Joseph Amrine after DNA evidence did not implicate him in the death of Gary Barber.
In 1985 Joseph Amrine was serving a sentence at the state penitentiary in Jefferson City, Missouri, for robbery, burglary, and forgery when he was accused of murdering fellow inmate Gary Barber. On October 18, 1985, Barber was found stabbed to death, and witnesses reported different accounts of his murder.
Officer John Noble, a prison guard, said that he had seen Barber chasing inmate Terry Russell in the recreation room of the prison. Afterwards, Officer Noble said he saw Barber pull a knife out of his ...