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    Reginald Clemons pleads guilty to murder in Old Chain of Rocks Bridge case

    By Robert Patrick and Joel Currier
    St. Louis Post-Dispatch

    ST. LOUIS - Reginald Clemons, who was sentenced to death for the 1991 killings of two sisters at the Old Chain of Rocks Bridge before his conviction was overturned in 2015, pleaded guilty to murder and other charges Monday in exchange for multiple sentences of life in prison.

    Clemons, 46, pleaded guilty to five counts in all: two counts of second-degree murder, two counts of rape and one count of first-degree robbery.

    Clemons admitted that he and three others met Julie Kerry, 20, and Robin Kerry, 19, and their cousin on the closed bridge late on the night of April 4, 1991. They robbed the cousin, Thomas Cummins, of cash and a watch, Assistant Attorney General Gregory Goodwin said in court. They then raped the Kerry sisters, forced all three through a manhole and onto the substructure of the bridge and pushed the Kerrys off, he said. They forced Cummins to jump from the bridge at gunpoint, Goodwin said, but Cummins survived.

    Julie Kerry's body was found three weeks later in Pemiscot County. Robin Kerry's body was never found.

    After Goodwin explained what prosecutors would have proven had the case gone to trial, St. Louis Circuit Judge Rex Burlison turned to Clemons and asked, "Is what the state said true?"

    "Yes, your honor," Clemons responded.

    In exchange for his guilty pleas, Clemons was immediately sentenced to five consecutive life prison sentences. In Missouri, life means 30 years. The prison terms are also consecutive to a 15-year sentence Clemons received after being convicted of attacking a prison employee.

    Ginny Kerry, the mother of Julie and Robin, watched Monday's plea, as did Clemons's relatives.

    Outside the courtroom, Ginny Kerry said, “It's been 26 years. I'm glad it's over. And I'm glad he's finally admitted his guilt. I'm tired of all the lies.”

    Both prosecutors and defense attorneys declined to comment.

    The plea means that Clemons won't be subject to the death penalty, which prosecutors had been seeking.

    His trial had been scheduled to begin Jan. 8.

    Clemons' family, activists and some politicians and public figures have long advocated on his behalf, and his case has been the subject of multiple appeals and special hearings.

    A federal judge tossed out Clemons' death penalty in 2002, saying that six prospective jurors were improperly excluded for expressing reservations about capital punishment.

    An appeals court reinstated the punishment in 2004, then stayed the execution in 2009.

    That same year, the Missouri Supreme Court appointed a special master to examine Clemons' claims.

    In 2013, that special master reported that Clemons hadn't proven his “actual innocence,” but he did fault prosecutors for what he said was their failure to turn over evidence detectives beat Clemons into confessing.

    In November 2015, the Missouri Supreme Court overturned his conviction, and two months later prosecutors announced that they would retry the case.

    Another special master was appointed this summer to examine claims that the Missouri Attorney General's office had improperly obtained jailhouse visitor logs and telephone recordings.

    Clemons co-defendants were sentenced long ago.

    Marlin Gray, 38, was executed in 2005 for his role in the sisters’ deaths. Antonio D. Richardson, now 43, is serving life without parole. Daniel Winfrey, now 42, was 15 at the time of the killings and pleaded guilty to second-degree murder. He was sentenced to up to 30 years and was paroled in 2007, but returned to prison for parole violations in 2011 and 2012 and is currently at the Farmington Correctional Facility.

    http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/n...6ec07ef21.html
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    Once again, an "innocent" man pleads guilty after fooling the courts with legal nonsense.

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    Wow. Imagine that.
    Don't ask questions, just consume product and then get excited for next products.

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    i cant believe this worm weasled his way out of execution. i hope he gets stabbed to death in prison.

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    Killer who raped sisters and pushed them off bridge could be released in two years despite initial death sentence

    By David Boroff
    New York Daily News

    A convicted killer who was initially sentenced to death for raping two sisters and pushing them off a bridge in 1991 could be released from prison in two years.

    Reginald Clemons avoided the death penalty when the Missouri Supreme Court overturned his convictions in 2015, and he will have his first parole board hearing in June due to a technicality, according to the Post-Dispatch newspaper.

    After the convictions were overturned, Clemons pleaded guilty to the rape and murder of 20-year-old Julie Kerry and younger sister Robin, 19. He was sentenced to five consecutive life terms and is also serving 15 years for an attack on a prison guard.

    However, Missouri did not begin to impose mandatory minimum sentences for violent crimes until 1994, making Clemons eligible for parole after serving 15 years. He has served 25.

    Clemons could be released as early as Nov. 9, 2020, Missouri Department of Corrections spokesman Garry Brix tells the Post-Dispatch.

    The 47-year-old Clemons confessed that he and three accomplices raped and killed the Kerry sisters on April 4, 1991. They forced another person to jump off the Old Chain of Rocks Bridge in St. Louis, but Thomas Cummins survived.

    Julie Kerry's body was found several weeks later, but her sister was never found.

    Accomplice Marlin Gray was executed in 2005, according to the Post-Dispatch, and Antonio Richardson is serving life in prison. Daniel Winfrey, who was 15 at the time of the murders, was paroled in 2007 but is currently behind bars, according to the newspaper.

    http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crim...925-story.html
    "I realize this may sound harsh, but as a father and former lawman, I really don't care if it's by lethal injection, by the electric chair, firing squad, hanging, the guillotine or being fed to the lions."
    - Oklahoma Rep. Mike Christian

    "There are some people who just do not deserve to live,"
    - Rev. Richard Hawke

    “There are lots of extremely smug and self-satisfied people in what would be deemed lower down in society, who also deserve to be pulled up. In a proper free society, you should be allowed to make jokes about absolutely anything.”
    - Rowan Atkinson

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