2021-PRESENT

October 4, 2022

The Supreme Court of Missouri hears arguments in the matter of Byron's formal complaint against Amy McGowan. It finds that there isn't enough evidence to establish a claim of professional misconduct on Ms. McGowan's part. Click here to read the November 9, 2022, letter from the Office of Chief Disciplinary Counsel

September 22, 2021

Responding to the bad news he received from the Missouri Board of Probation and Parole last week, Byron uses a blog post, over on pariahblog.com, to share his thoughts about being denied pardon after a decade of anxious anticipation.

August 31, 2021

After ten long years spent campaigning on all fronts to compel Missouri Governor Mike Parson to pardon Byron, Parson rejects our pleas for executive clemency. We're saddened, but not terribly surprised by the news. Governors rarely grant any form of executive clemency, pardons least of all.

Still, we had hoped that the facts of Byron's innocence, as Byron listed them in his application for executive clemency, as we present them in this site's detailed account of the case, and as John Allen breaks them down in his brutally honest new book, would convince the state's highest government official of the mistake made when a court wrongfully convicted the innocent Byron Case of first-degree murder and armed criminal action.

There are still many reasons to be hopeful. We're not giving up!

June 25, 2021

John Allen publishes a new book on Byron's case, Framed for Life, Volume 1. Looking deeply into the case of Anastasia WitbolsFeugen's death, the book reveals exactly how Byron ended up in prison. Mr. Allen previously wrote the Skeptical Juror series. The first title in that series was The Skeptical Juror and the Trial of Byron Case. Because of the new information Framed for Life presents, obtained through open-records requests, Mr. Allen says his previous book about the case is "obsolete."

Framed for Life exposes how the Jackson County Prosecutors Office didn't just know Kelly Moffett's testimony was a lie, they won Byron's wrongful conviction by manipulating case evidence and actively hiding the truth. With illustrations on every other page, the book supports its arguments very well, making a clear case for Byron's immediate release from prison.

Several copies of Framed for Life go out to investigative journalists and the Missouri Governor's Office. Its account of a crooked prosecutor violating the very laws she swore to uphold, and how that awful misconduct stole the freedom of an innocent young man, should raise at least a few eyebrows. Our hope is that it also sparks an investigation that helps win Byron his life back.

January 8, 2021

A slideshow of the Jackson County Sheriff's Department investigation of Anastasia's death, and how Byron found himself wrapped up in it, is now available for sharing. View this short presentation in Adobe Acrobat format now, then share the link and your thoughts about Byron's wrongful conviction on your social media!