Civil Plaintiff
St. Louis County Pays $6.6 Million to Settle a Prosecutorial Misconduct Lawsuit From a 1996 Murder Case
St. Louis County will pay $6.6 million to a man who was released from prison last year after his murder sentence was vacated because of prosecutorial misconduct.
St. Louis County officials on Friday began the process of issuing the money to Lawrence Callanan. The Missouri Supreme Court ordered Callanan released from prison last year because of misconduct by the prosecutor during Callanan’s trial.
He was convicted of killing John Schuh in 1996 and sentenced to life in prison.
