Today is a big day at the Jackson County courthouse downtown. A Kansas City police officer will stand trial for the fatal shooting of a Black man. Eric J. DeValkenaere was indicted by a grand jury in 2020 for the killing of Cameron Lamb, who was shot to death as he was backing into his garage on Dec. 3. KCUR’s Dan Margolies explains what's at stake.

And in May, prosecutors said Kevin Strickland was not guilty of a murder he’s spent more than 40 years in prison for. But the Missouri Attorney General’s Office has repeatedly delayed his innocence hearing until this week. KCUR's Luke Martin reports on the long and winding legal process that brought us to this moment.

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