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Missouri governor commutes sentence of white police officer convicted of fatally shooting Black man | CNN

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Eric DeValkenaere was serving a six-year prison sentence for involuntary manslaughter.

He was convicted in 2021 of killing 26-year-old Cameron Lamb as he backed into his garage.

Gov. Mike Parson commuted his sentence to parole, subject to normal restrictions.

Parson has pardoned or commuted the sentences of more than 800 people since taking office.

Patty Prewitt , 75 , was convicted of fatally shooting her husband in 1984 as he slept in their home.

She was serving a life sentence after being convicted of murder.

Parson had previously acknowledged the pressure in an interview in August on KCMO Talk Radio .

He said he doesn't like where he’s at.