Some interesting information listed below.

• Kim Gardner took office on January 6, 2017 to head the Circuit Attorney's Office.

• Section 575.100 Tampering with physical evidence, was revised on January 1, 2017.

Missouri Revised StatutesTITLE XXXVIII CRIMES AND PUNISHMENT; PEACE OFFICERS AND PUBLIC DEFENDERS Chapter 575 Offenses Against the Administration of Justice Section 575.100 Tampering with physical evidence.

https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=575.100&bid=29854

From: 2. Tampering with physical evidence is a class D felony if the actor impairs or obstructs the prosecution or defense of a felony; otherwise, tampering with physical evidence is a class A misdemeanor.

To: 2. The offense of tampering with physical evidence is a class A misdemeanor, unless the person impairs or obstructs the prosecution or defense of a felony, in which case tampering with physical evidence is a class E felony.

• Kim Gardner filed a motion for a new trial for Lamar Johnson after Gardner alleged former prosecutors and police fabricated evidence to which that Gardner alleges the eye witness who identified Johnson received payment from a former assistant circuit attorney to get Johnson’s murder conviction in 1995.

• Although a circuit judge ruled Gardner did not have the power to file for a new trial, decades after Johnson was convicted, and dismissed the motion.

• on March 2, 2021 the Missouri Supreme Court ruled that there is currently no state law that gives prosecutors authority to seek a new trial so many years after the case was adjudicated.

Odd shift of events.

Some interesting information listed below.

• Kim Gardner took office on January 6, 2017 to head the Circuit Attorney's Office.

• Section 575.100 Tampering with physical evidence, was revised on January 1, 2017.

Missouri Revised StatutesTITLE XXXVIII CRIMES AND PUNISHMENT; PEACE OFFICERS AND PUBLIC DEFENDERS Chapter 575 Offenses Against the Administration of Justice Section 575.100 Tampering with physical evidence.

https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=575.100&bid=29854

From: 2. Tampering with physical evidence is a class D felony if the actor impairs or obstructs the prosecution or defense of a felony; otherwise, tampering with physical evidence is a class A misdemeanor.

To: The offense of tampering with physical evidence is a class A misdemeanor, unless the person impairs or obstructs the prosecution or defense of a felony, in which case tampering with physical evidence is a class E felony.

• Kim Gardner filed a motion for a new trial for Lamar Johnson after Gardner alleged former prosecutors and police fabricated evidence to which that Gardner alleges the eye witness who identified Johnson received payment from a former assistant circuit attorney to get Johnson’s murder conviction in 1995.

• Although a circuit judge ruled Gardner did not have the power to file for a new trial, decades after Johnson was convicted, and dismissed the motion.

• on March 2, 2021 the Missouri Supreme Court ruled that there is currently no state law that gives prosecutors authority to seek a new trial so many years after the case was adjudicated.

Odd shift of events.

Some interesting information listed below.

• Kim Gardner took office on January 6, 2017 to head the Circuit Attorney's Office.

• Section 575.100 Tampering with physical evidence, was revised on January 1, 2017.

Missouri Revised StatutesTITLE XXXVIII CRIMES AND PUNISHMENT; PEACE OFFICERS AND PUBLIC DEFENDERS Chapter 575 Offenses Against the Administration of Justice Section 575.100 Tampering with physical evidence.

https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=575.100&bid=29854

From: 2. Tampering with physical evidence is a class D felony if the actor impairs or obstructs the prosecution or defense of a felony; otherwise, tampering with physical evidence is a class A misdemeanor.

To: The offense of tampering with physical evidence is a class A misdemeanor, unless the person impairs or obstructs the prosecution or defense of a felony, in which case tampering with physical evidence is a class E felony.

• Kim Gardner filed a motion for a new trial for Lamar Johnson after Gardner alleged former prosecutors and police > fabricated evidence to which that Gardner alleges the eye witness who identified Johnson received payment from a former assistant circuit attorney get Johnson’s murder conviction in 1995.

• Although a circuit judge ruled Gardner did not have the power to file for a new trial, decades after Johnson was convicted, and dismissed the motion.

• on March 2, 2021 the Missouri Supreme Court ruled that there is currently no state law that gives prosecutors authority to seek a new trial so many years after the case was adjudicated.

Odd shift of events.