Lamonte McIntyre spent 23 years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit.
McIntyre was arrested and incarcerated in 1994 for a double homicide in Kansas City, Kansas. He hadn’t done it, and maintained his innocence. But a jury unanimously found he did. McIntyre’s exoneration in 2017 sparked investigations into the whole criminal justice system in Kansas City, Kansas.
Now, a new book by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Rick Tulsky tells the story of McIntyre and police corruption in the city. The book depicts how a case like McIntyre’s happened, and offers solutions to avoid wrongful convictions in the future…