NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A perjury trial is scheduled for two men who changed their stories about a 1993 murder — leading to freedom for the man convicted in the case.
Prosecutors say Kevin Johnson and Hakim Shabazz lied when they were teens, or when they recanted 20 years later.
The original suspect was Jerome Morgan. He was freed in 2014 and the case was officially dropped by prosecutors last year.
Johnson and Shabazz were indicted on perjury charges in 2015. Defense lawyers have argued that Johnson and Shabazz were coerced by police when they implicated Morgan.
Morgan, who was 17 when he was arrested, was prosecuted for the death of Clarence Landry. Landry, who was 16, died when gunfire broke out at a Sweet 16 party at a hotel ballroom.
- Posted January 31, 2017
- Tweet This | Share on Facebook
Two face perjury charges for changing story they gave as teens
headlines Macomb
- All hands on deck for mock trial
- Macomb County resident arraigned on charges in traffic deaths of two men
- Rule of Law Educational Project launched for young people amid global decline in legal protections
- Detroit woman pleads guilty to organizing Ulta thefts across Metro Detroit
- Supreme Court sides with Cox Communications in a copyright fight with record labels over downloads
headlines National
- Techshow attendees dig deeper into AI uses and capabilities
- ACLU and BigLaw firm use ‘Orange is the New Black’ in hashtag effort to promote NY jail reform
- Where can 1Ls get five-figure signing bonuses?
- Law firms see more cyberattacks, ransomware threats, new report says
- BigLaw’s share of litigation funding dropped in 2025
- Woman faces murder charge after allegedly taking abortion medication
