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Feb 17 2009, 10:13 PM
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Feb 17, 7:50 PM EST

Judge throws out Missouri murder conviction


COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) -- A man convicted 15 years ago of murdering a college student should be set free, a judge ruled Tuesday in a decision that sharply criticized the prosecutor, a prominent Missouri politician, for withholding evidence.

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"When you read this opinion, there is just no evidence against Joshua Kezer at all," he said. "I just can't see how a prosecution could proceed in good faith."

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Callahan said that "none of what Mr. Hulshof said in that final summary was true. ... Testimony putting (Kezer) at the scene is totally discredited. No gun was ever found, and there is no credible evidence that he ever had a gun."

"The judge's 44-page ruling took issue with the courtroom conduct of Kenny Hulshof, a former special prosecutor who later served six terms as a Republican congressman from Columbia ..."



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