Posted on 03/04/2018 3:09:52 PM PST by nickcarraway
When Lamonte McIntyre was exonerated for a double murder in October, he walked out of a Kansas prison with a clean record but not a dime to his name, reports CBS News Dean Reynolds.
After losing 23 years of his life behind bars, the state is offering him nothing.
Kansas is one of 18 states that offer wrongfully convicted prisoners no compensation at all upon their release.
I think its unjust, but me being angry about it is not going to change it, McIntyre said.
Tricia Bushnell of the Innocence Project worked to win McIntyres release. She said McIntyre has other reasons to be angry. She called this case the perfect storm.
For example, at his trial in 1994 when he was 17, there was no physical evidence or motive presented. Worse, according to McIntyres current lawyers, lead police detective Roger Golubski built the case by threatening witnesses. Bushnell said the fallout may impact other potential exonerations.
She said there are about a dozen people behind bars whose cases are connected to detective Golubski.
Detective Golubski has since retired, and said he did nothing wrong. But Mark Dupree, who became the states attorney a year ago, has asked the Kansas Bureau of Investigation to review his conduct.
If my office receives that information and theres probable cause to charge Mr. Golubski, it will happen, Dupree said.
He agrees that McIntyre got a raw deal.
He did. And the only thing we can do is push forward, Dupree said.
Pushing forward is exactly what Lamonte McIntyre is doing. He is studying to be a barber.
I want to spend the rest of my life being happy. I dont want to be bitter. Thats taking away from me. I dont have any more time to give, McIntyre said.
Yeah, I agree with you. Golubski???? Odd name to say the least. That’s like gulumski, a polish dish of stuffed cabbage! I don’t know what is fake or real anymore regarding the news.
The only other witness against him was a woman in the neighborhood, a relative of the victims, who later recanted her testimony and said that she lied in identifying McIntyre because she was coerced by the then lead detective in the case
http://www.kansascity.com/news/local/article178737811.html
http://www.kctv5.com/story/36510487/retired-kansas-city-ks-detective-accused-of-sex-abuse-corruption
Rosie is Lamonte's mother and testified that she was coerced by Det. Golubski into providing sexual favors until she moved and changed her phone number.
BINGO
“We don’t care, in fact we can’t. We’re psychopaths. The government has many lucrative jobs tailor-made for us. Sucks to be you!”
Incredible...
That is not at all what I am saying....
What I am saying is that we are not being told the whole truth.
I am immediately suspicious when they whole story isn't being told. As I said, this cop and Lamonte had a history. What is it? I think that is reasonable to ask.
What was the trajectory or this guys life at 17? That too is a fair question.
The whole truth about everybody involved is needed.
Where are all the do-gooder civil rights attorneys who should be lining up to sue the state and whatever individuals were responsible for the miscarriage of justice?
I guess the big story is that folks in the legal system lied and hid info instead of following the rules that are in place to protect us....our system is based on the precept that it is better to allow many guilty folks go free than to punish one innocent person - whether there is more info about the guy or not, what they did was to corrupt the system we have to live under.
This cop has some explaining to do. IMHO.
He needs to credibly explain WHY Lamonte McIntyre ended up on his radar. What was his previous contact with him. Why would the previous contact indicate that a young Lamonte would be a willing triggerman in what appears to be a drug related killing?
I’m not ready to indict the cop just yet, but he clearly needs to explain his actions as do a whole host of others involved in this case.
I’m still interested in the trajectory of young Lamonte’s life at the time, and would Lamonte have ended up with a similar fate before reaching 25
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