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Innocence claim not enough in non-death penalty case

An appeals court on Tuesday said it could not review a man’s claim that he is innocent of a 1982 murder because Missouri law doesn’t recognize a “freestanding claim of actual innocence” unless the death penalty is involved. The Court of Appeals Western District denied a habeas petition from Rodney Lincoln, who is serving two life ...

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