During his almost 30 years behind bars on a murder charge – 10,886 days, to be exact – Jerome Johnson protested his innocence.

In July 2018, a Baltimore judge answered his prayers – completely exonerating Johnson after re-investigating the case, a 1988 shooting in a Northwest Baltimore tavern.

But now Johnson’s lawyers have filed a federal lawsuit alleging not only that the detectives in his case withheld key evidence that could have proved his innocence, but that similar behavior has been condoned at the Baltimore Police Department for years.

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