Innocent man released from jail after serving 30 years

Lloyd Fox, Baltimore Sun

Jerome Johnson is all smiles as he is released this afternoon from the courthouse east after spending 30 years in jail for a murder he didn't commit. The Conviction Integrity Unit (CIU) at the Baltimore City State's Attorney's Office announced that it would agree to vacate the conviction and dismiss all charges against 50 year-old Jerome Johnson. Jerome was convicted in 1988 of being a participant in the shooting of a man at a Baltimore liquor store. No physical evidence connected him to the incident, and the case against him was far weaker than the case against his co-defendants.

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Lloyd Fox, Baltimore Sun

Jerome Johnson, middle, is all smiles as he is released this afternoon from the courthouse east after spending 30 years in jail for a murder he didn't commit. Shawn Armbrust, left, and Nancy Forster, right, escort him to a press conference after his release.

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