Lamonte McIntyre’s 23 years in prison for a wrongful conviction were enough to elicit an apology from the governor last year, but Kansas’ attorney general is nevertheless fighting his bid for compensation and a declaration of innocence.
FILE - In this Oct. 13, 2017, file photo, Lamonte McIntyre, left, who was imprisoned for 23 years for a 1994 double murder in Kansas that he always said he didn't commit, walks out of a courthouse in Kansas City, Kan., with his mother, Rosie McIntyre, after Wyandotte County District Attorney Mark A. Dupree, Sr. dropped the charges. Kansas is fighting McIntyre's compensation claim for the years spent behind bars before a court vacated his convictions.
WICHITA, Kan. — Kansas is fighting the compensation claim of a man who spent 23 years in prison for a double homicide before a judge vacated his convictions, which were secured despite a complete lack of physical evidence and motive tying him to the crimes.to seek compensation. The law provides for $65,000 for each year a person spent behind bars, along with health insurance benefits, financial assistance for higher education and various social services.
McIntyre’s attorney, Cheryl Pilate, blasted the attorney general’s office’s position, saying there is nothing in the compensation law that would prevent the office from independently examining the facts of a claimant’s case and to reach an agreement with a claimant. Although the office’s position is disappointing, it doesn’t mean McIntyre has lost, she said.
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