George Allen

St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones wants to use the $5.5 million the city owes the state as reimbursement for a 2018 wrongful conviction settlement to improve the city’s 911 system and support emergency responders.

The city of St. Louis and the state of Missouri will pay nearly $14 million to the family of a man wrongfully convicted of the 1982 rape and murder of a…

George Allen served 30 years in prison for a crime he did not commit.Last year, a judge told Allen that he had been wrongfully convicted and set him free.…

In the early 1980s, University City resident George Allen was charged with and convicted of raping and murdering court reporter Mary Bell.Last year, after…

Updated at 5 p.m. with statement from circuit attorney Jennifer Joyce. Previously updated with statement for Attorney General Chris Koster.George Allen is…

A University City man who’s spent 30 years behind bars has been set free by a Cole County judge after his murder conviction was vacated.George Allen was…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Nov. 9, 2012 - U.S. Rep. William Lacy Clay, D-St. Louis, on Friday lashed out at Missouri Attorney…

A University City man serving a life sentence for murder may soon walk free. Attorneys representing George Allen presented new evidence at a hearing in…

Updated 2:37 p.m. with St. Louis Public Radio story.Lawyers for a man convicted in the rape and murder of a St. Louis woman nearly 30 years ago filed…