Monday, May 1, 2023

Floyd Scott Bledsoe To Be Compensated For Time In Prison

Floyd Scott Bledsoe will receive $7.5 million for spending 16 years in prison for crimes he did not commit.

His brother confessed to the rape and murder, then recanted.

According to a prior lawsuit, Jefferson County, Kansas, authorities persuaded his brother, Tom, to recant his confession, and authorities framed Floyd by hiding evidence of his innocence.

Later, in a suicide note, the brother again confessed, and Floyd was ultimately exonerated. 

Midwest Innocence Project was crucial to his release and exoneration.

Photograph © 2018 Larry F. Levenson.

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