Gabe Gore

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

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.

His family members say they’re holding their breath awaiting his release after Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey’s office expressed plans to appeal the decision.

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

Gabe Gore marked one year in office since taking over for Kim Gardner, who departed in 2023 while facing widespread criticism.

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.

The Prosecuting Organizing Table, a coalition of racial justice groups, has released the first of a slew of reports aimed at holding prosecutors in St. Louis and St. Louis County accountable.