A federal judge in Kansas this week issued a harshly worded order finding federal prosecutor Terra Morehead improperly withheld evidence and, during trial, threatened a witness with perjury charges if the witness testified for the defense in a drug case.
Lamonte McIntyre won his freedom after 23 years, locked up for a crime despite significant evidence he was innocent. Winning his freedom, it turns out, was only one in a series of struggles he faces with the State of Kansas.
Wyandotte County District Attorney Mark Dupree dropped the charges against McIntyre on Friday afternoon in the middle of a hearing to win McIntyre a new trial.
The hearing that Lamonte McIntyre has awaited for 23 years started and ended the same way: With relatives of two victims taking the stand to insist that the wrong man had been convicted for the murder of their loved ones.
Lamonte McIntyre has sat in custody for decades, even as allegations of injustice swirled. A retired FBI agent and former police officers say more could have been done. McIntyre’s attorney wants to know: Will it be now?
Accusations of withheld evidence, undisclosed romance, and inadequate lawyering all compound the alleged errors that led to conviction of Kansas City, Kansas man for 1994 double homicide.
For 23 years, Lamonte McIntyre has been locked in a Kansas prison, insisting he had nothing do with the double murder of two men as they sat in a parked car in Kansas City, Kansas. A hearing this week on his case is expected to not only undercut evidence against him, but expose a flawed criminal justice system.