COJ #190 - The Corruption That Cost Lamonte McIntyre 23 Years: How A Detective, A Prosecutor and A Judge Built A Trial By Lies…
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In 1994, 17-year-old Lamonte McIntyre was arrested hours after a double homicide in Kansas City, Kansas — a crime he had nothing to do with. There was no physical evidence and no real investigation. What there was: a detective with a grudge against Lamonte's mother, a prosecutor who apparently knew her witnesses were lying, and a judge allegedly "involved" with that prosecutor. Undoing all those wrongs took 23 years.
This week, Investigative Journalists Mandy Matney and Liz Farrell sit down with Miracle of Innocence co-founder Lamonte McIntyre to talk about being swallowed by a system built to protect itself — the moment two strangers pointed at him in a courtroom, the years he refused to wear a prison ID, and the day a prosecutor finally stood up and dropped every charge.
But this isn't only a story about what was taken. Lamonte talks about what he built after: Kansas compensation law, legislation to prevent police from sexually assaulting citizens, and what he's asking the rest of us to do.
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Episode References
'Vengeance is his': Witness in Lamonte McIntyre's case reacts to Terra Morehead's disbarment - KSHB 41 📺
Lamonte McIntyre’s wrongful conviction story
“23 Years for Murder. He Didn’t Do it. What Went Wrong?” - NY Times, Nov 20, 2017
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“Lawyer who represented Lamonte McIntyre in murder trial has law license suspended” - The Kansas City Star, June 17, 2022
“Kansas prosecutor who framed innocent man surrenders law license, will soon be disbarred” - KCUR, April 16, 2024
“Trial by Lies: The Lamonte McIntyre story” by Lamonte McIntrye
“Injustice Town: A Corrupt City, a Wrongly Convicted Man, and a Struggle for Freedom” by Rick Tulsky
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