Wrongfully Convicted Man Awarded $1.5 Million After Spending 23 Years in Prison

Wrongfully Convicted Man Awarded $1.5 Million After Spending 23 Years in Prison
Lamonte McIntyre, left, with his mother, Rosie McIntyre, in 2017.Tammy Ljungblad/AP/FILE
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Lamonte McIntyre spent 23 years behind bars for a double murder he didn’t commit. On Monday, he was awarded $1.5 million to settle a lawsuit for his wrongful conviction, the Kansas State Attorney General’s office announced.

McIntyre was 17 years old when he was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment for the 1994 murders of Donald Ewing and Doniel Quinn. He served 8,583 days behind bars before being released and exonerated in October 2017.