Lamonte McIntyre

In recent years, exonerees Darryl Burton and Lamonte McIntyre have worked to help other people who have been wrongfully convicted through their nonprofit, Miracle of Innocence. They joined Up To Date to discuss the latest on the organization, Burton's new book and the death of disgraced Kansas City, Kansas, police detective Roger Golubski.

A federal judge said the women showed no valid legal reason for delaying their claims against disgraced Detective Roger Golubski, the Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas. The women have said they were too fearful of retaliation until a 2017 exoneration case triggered a flood of reports about police corruption.

Terra Morehead, who was disbarred by the Kansas Supreme Court in April 2024, was involved in several legal scandals including a high-profile case investigated by former Kansas City, Kansas, Police Detective Roger Golubski.

Police accountability advocates say it’s important to remember that Golubski is not just “one bad apple,” and that his case reveals a law enforcement system that often fails to protect the most vulnerable.

Terra Morehead, who retired as a federal prosecutor last August, has agreed to turn over her law license as part of an agreement with a Kansas disciplinary board. As a Wyandotte County prosecutor in the 1990s, Morehead helped KCKPD Detective Roger Golubski frame an innocent man who spent 23 years in prison.

Terra Morehead, who retired as a federal prosecutor last August, has agreed to turn over her law license as part of an agreement with a Kansas disciplinary board. As a Wyandotte County prosecutor in the 1990s, Morehead helped KCKPD Detective Roger Golubski frame an innocent man who spent 23 years in prison.

Attorneys for Roger Golubski, facing federal charges that he sexually assaulted nine women by using the power of his badge, says the women are “simply smearing Golubski’s character.” The government is trying to prove a pattern of serial sexual abuse by a police officer over the course of decades.

In an explosive new federal lawsuit, five women say the Unified Government knowingly allowed "dirty cops" to sexually exploit them, among numerous other crimes. The lawsuit names disgraced former detective Roger Golubski, who is already facing federal charges, as well as a former police chief who now serves as the U.S. Marshal in Kansas.

Golubski’s victims have long worried that Golubski will not have to face a federal trial on assault and other charges because of his poor health. A trial date has still not been set.

Cecil Brooks, 60, is linked to disgraced former KCK Police Detective Roger Golubski through a federal sex trafficking case. The U.S. Attorney’s office will fight Brooks’ release.

Brian Betts’ case was much like that of Lamonte McIntyre, another KCK man who says he was framed by former KCK Police Detective Roger Golubski. But McIntyre was exonerated in 2017, while Betts served out most of his 25-year sentence.

This year saw the arrest and indictment of retired Kansas City, Kansas, police detective Roger Golubski. Gun violence and homicides continued to plague Kansas City, something that the new KCPD chief is ready to tackle. A look at the biggest criminal justice stories of the year.