He 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. Schmidt said his office will work with McIntyre’s attorney on a settlement to present to a Shawnee County District Court judge. “Today’s decision by the Kansas Attorney General goes one step further, by recognizing that Lamonte qualifies for compensation under the Kansas statute,” Cheryl Pilate, McIntyre’s attorney, said in a statement. Under the law, McIntyre also is due health insurance benefits, financial assistance for higher education and counselling and various social services. Legislators cited two other men’s cases from northeast Kansas as examples of why the compensation law was necessary.

Source: thestar February 04, 2020 22:45 UTC