Two Eyewitnesses Recanted Testimony That Led to a Life Sentence for a Missouri Man. His Case Dismissal After 18 Years In Prison Is Shedding Light On Police Misuse of Informants.
“The evidence clearly showed that what they used was physically, forensically, and logically impossible,” said Keith Carnes, 52, a Kansas City man who spent 18 years in a Missouri prison for a crime he says he didn’t commit. Carnes was charged with murder after a police informant lied, accusing him of killing alleged drug dealer,…