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4:25 am
Fri March 1, 2013

Free After 30 Years: What Now For George Allen?

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Credit George Allen walks out of the Cole County Courthouse on November 14, 2012. A state appeals court today vacated his 1983 rape and murder convictions.
George Allen walks out of the Cole County Courthouse on November 14, 2012. A state appeals court today vacated his 1983 rape and murder convictions.
Credit Marshall Griffin/St. Louis Public Radio
Surrounded by family, attorneys and supporters, George Allen reads a statement to reporters following his release from custody by Cole Co. Circuit Judge Daniel Green.
Credit Missouri Department of Corrections
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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. It’s been several months since Allen left prison, and to some who fought so hard to get him out; his release is bittersweet and not enough.

The crime was brutal. In February 1982, St. Louis court reporter Mary Bell was found dead in her LaSalle neighborhood apartment. She had been raped and stabbed.

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4:49 pm
Mon January 28, 2013

St. Louis City Prosecutor: We Must Avoid Another ‘George Allen’

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St. Louis City Circuit Attorney Jennifer Joyce
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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 serving 30 years in prison, Allen was released from prison as new evidence came to light which could have helped Allen’s defense and which a judge ruled made his trial unfair.

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