Wrongfully convicted man held for 28 years opens up about adjusting to life outside prison
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Lamar Johnson was arrested in 1994 for the killing of his friend, Markus Boyd. He spent nearly three decades in prison after a witness picked him out of a police lineup. The witness, Greg Elking, says he was pressured by law enforcement to identify Johnson as one of two men who killed Boyd.
After a decades-long fight to prove his innocence, Johnson's murder conviction was finally overturned by a St. Louis judge in February — a moment of "relief" for Johnson.
"I felt like 28 years of the struggle was finally being lifted," Johnson told "CBS Mornings" on Thursday.
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