Christopher Dunn

“I still feel like a child being reborn into a world in which I've lost all contact,” Chris Dunn said.

Attorney General Andrew Bailey’s office is opposing the release of Howard Roberts after a Greene County circuit judge ordered a retrial.

Christopher Dunn was released from a Missouri prison after being wrongfully incarcerated for 34 years.

Christopher Dunn, who a judge ruled was wrongfully convicted and imprisoned for more than 30 years, remains in prison after a series of court rulings on Wednesday.

Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey’s office plans to appeal, which would likely block Dunn’s release.

Christopher Dunn is serving a life sentence for the 1990 murder of Ricco Rogers. But two adolescent eyewitnesses have recanted, and prosecutors say they no longer believe that Dunn is guilty.

A jury convicted Christopher Dunn of a 1990 murder based solely on testimony from two adolescent boys who later recanted. Although a judge has ruled that Dunn would likely not be convicted without them, a quirk of state law means he remains beyond bars.

Dunn was convicted for a 1990 deadly shooting of a teen in St. Louis. Others involved in the case later admitted they lied about Dunn’s involvement. No DNA ever tied Dunn to the murder.

Dunn is optimistic about his freedom but also cautious: “I've been down this road before.”

St. Louis Circuit Attorney Gabe Gore’s predecessor, Kim Gardner, filed a similar motion just days before she left office. Gore withdrew the motion in June to conduct his own review of the case.