Lamonte McIntyre spent two decades in prison for a double murder he did not commit and says a former detective framed him
Highlights
- Lamonte McIntyre spent 23 years in prison for a double murder he did not commit.
- He is seeking $93m in damages from the county where he was convicted and a former detective he says framed him.
- McIntyre was freed in 2017 after a prosecutor asked the court to vacate his convictions and drop all charges.
- He was awarded a certificate of innocence and $1.5m from the state of Kansas in 2020.
- His mother is also seeking $30m in a lawsuit filed in 2018.
- She and her son allege former police detective Roger Golubski coerced her into sex then framed McIntyre for a murder in 1994 because she rejected the detective’s later sexual advances.