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FILE - In this Feb. 14, 2018 file photo, Lamonte McIntyre, convicted of a 1994 double homicide in Kansas City, Kan., sits before the Senate Judiciary Committee in Topika Kan. McIntyre, who spent 23 years in prison for a double murder he did not commit was granted more than $1.5 million in compensation under the state's mistaken-conviction statute. The Kansas attorney general's office said Monday, Feb. 24, 2020, that McIntyre of Kansas City, Kan., also received a certificate of innocence as part of a resolution of a mistaken-conviction lawsuit filed last year. (Thad Allton/The Topeka Capital-Journal via AP, File)/The Topeka Capital-Journal via AP)

Court awards $1.5M to Kansas man wrongfully convicted

By ROXANA HEGEMAN - Associated Press

FILE - In this Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2018, file photo, Lamonte McIntyre, convicted of a 1994 double homicide in Kansas City, Kan., sits before the Senate Judiciary Committee where he urged them to approve a bill creating a compensation system in Kansas for people wrongfully convicted of crimes. Kansas is dropping its fight against the compensation claim from McIntyre. Attorney General Derek Schmidt said in an Associated Press interview Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2020, that his office reviewed an additional 900 pages of documents from McIntyre's attorney that had not been provided previously, and also said an ongoing Kansas Bureau of Investigation review of the 1994 crimes for which McIntyre, from Kansas City, Kansas, was charged turned up new information, which his office received only last week. (Thad Allton/The Topeka Capital-Journal via AP, File)

Kansas no longer fighting claims of wrongly convicted man

By JOHN HANNA - Associated Press

Prosecutor calls for justice for wrongfully convicted man

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FILE - In this Oct. 13, 2017, file photo, Lamonte McIntyre, 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. McIntyre and his mother, filed a lawsuit Thursday, Oct. 11, 2018 in federal court alleging Lamonte McIntyre was targeted after his mother rebuffed a homicide detective's sexual advances.(Tammy Ljungblad /The Kansas City Star via AP, File)

Lawsuit: Man convicted after mother rejected ‘dirty cop’

By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH - Associated Press

New Kansas law to compensate wrongfully convicted defendants

By MITCHELL WILLETTS - Associated Press

Man wrongfully imprisoned for years gets full scholarship

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FILE - In this Oct. 13, 2017, file photo, Lamonte McIntyre, 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 the district attorney dropped the charges. Kansas legislators expect to consider proposals next year to make it easier for people wrongly convicted of major crimes to win compensation from the state. (Tammy Ljungblad /The Kansas City Star via AP, File)

Wrongful conviction no surprise to Kansas black community

By ROXANA HEGEMAN - Associated Press

Man convicted of 1994 double murder freed from prison

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The Latest: Man imprisoned for 1994 murders is free man

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