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Kansas Legislature Considers Compensation for Wrongful Convictions

Floyd Bledsoe of Jefferson County leaves Lansing Correctional Facility in 2015 after serving 15 years for a murder and kidnapping he did not commit. (Photo Credit: law.ku.edu)
Floyd Bledsoe of Jefferson County leaves Lansing Correctional Facility in 2015 after serving 15 years for a murder and kidnapping he did not commit. (Photo Credit: law.ku.edu)

Kansas is one of 18 states that doesn’t compensate individuals imprisoned for crimes they didn’t commit. But as Jim McLean of the Kansas News Service reports, state lawmakers appear ready to change that.