Lamar Johnson: Standing in Truth | Sneak peek | Forensic Files

foreign you're looking up and you're calling out for help from people and people are
walking by you know because they don't hear you I don't think people know how blessed
they are to be able to just hug somebody that they love or to wake up in a house with people
that love you I haven't had the chance to do that in 28 years I'm just gonna ask you did you kill
Marcus Boyd I did not kill Marcus he was like a friend of me he was one of my best friends and I I loved him in
1994 Marcus Boyd was shot Marcus Boyd was shot and killed ran up and shot and killed Boyd when he
pulled the trigger I seen The Flash I swear I could almost see like muscle and tendons because the flash was so big
it's like an x-ray could you see their faces could you identify these men no I couldn't
identify them he had an alibi I was about three miles away at a friend's house and his
girlfriend at the time provided that alibi I know for a fact he didn't do it he wasn't there
he was not involved you agreed to line up agree to a lineup I couldn't identify anybody in all of it
Greg viewed the lineup with Lamar Johnson in it at least three times there's no identification and that
should have been the end of it right there but it wasn't I felt bullied by the detective and only
after pressure from the detective did he all of a sudden say oh yeah yeah that guy did it it just kept having pressure
to go along with this he saw his friend murdered he was scared he was easily manipulated by the police and the
prosecutor in this case I had what I believed to be a murderer and I had an identification witness who I believed
was truthful and honest I presented the evidence I had and a jury convicted him a trial of heirs from start to finish
it was devastating since my conviction I've been petitioning every judge to give me a
hearing and no judge has given me a chance to be hurt problem is I don't know what else to do
I love so much it's just milestones everything that a little girl wishes that she could you know experience with her
dad [Music] our conviction Integrity unit found new evidence that will exonerate Mr Lamar
Johnson there's something powerful really powerful in our system of justice when the prosecutor says we're the ones
who made the mistake we're trying to free this man it's devastating for me that this man has spent 28 years in
prison for a crime he did not commit this is really kind of Lamar Johnson's last chance isn't it yes that is
absolutely true [Music]

A man gets his life back after spending 28 years in prison for a crime he did not commit. "48 Hours" investigates and is there as Johnson is freed in time to walk his daughter down the aisle. Correspondent Erin Moriarty reports Saturday, April 29 at 10/9c on CBS and streaming on Paramount+.

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Brief Summary

Lamar Johnson discusses his wrongful conviction for the murder of Marcus Boyd and the flaws in the justice system that led to it.

Key points

The Weight of Innocence. Lamar Johnson reflects on his wrongful conviction and the emotional toll it has taken.

Episode highlights

The Weight of InnocenceLamar Johnson reflects on his wrongful conviction and the emotional toll it has taken.“It's devastating for me that this man has spent 28 years in prison for a crime he did not commit”3:22Apr 27, 2023

Episode quotes

I haven't had the chance to do that in 28 years.

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