Crime & Safety
Ex-Missouri Death Row Inmate Re-Sentenced To Life In Prison
The Missouri Supreme Court in 2015 dismissed Clemons' conviction after finding that prosecutors suppressed evidence.
ST. LOUIS, MO — A longtime Missouri death row inmate whose conviction in the 1991 rape and killing of two sisters was overturned has pleaded guilty to murdering them and been re-sentenced to life behind bars.
Reginald Clemons, who spent 22 years on death row, pleaded guilty Monday to two counts of second-degree murder and other crimes. His plea agreement calls for him to serve five consecutive life sentences.
The Missouri Supreme Court in 2015 dismissed Clemons’ conviction after finding that prosecutors suppressed evidence that police had beaten a confession out of him.
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Clemons was among four men convicted in the deaths of 20-year-old Julie Kerry and her 19-year-old sister, Robin. Authorities say the sisters were raped and shoved off the old Chain of Rocks Bridge in St. Louis.
The Associated Press contributed this report.
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Photo: Reginald Clemons/Christian Gooden/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP, Pool, File
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