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Terra Morehead, a former prosecutor who helped frame an innocent Black man for a murder he didn't commit, has agreed to surrender her law license and is set to be disbarred.
According to KCUR, Morehead, who retired from the U.S. Attorney's Office in Kansas in August 2023, surrendered her license as part of an agreement with the Kansas Board for Discipline of Attorneys.
At the center of Morehead's alleged misconduct is the case of Lamonte McIntyre, who was convicted of a double homicide in 1994 when he was just 17. Morehead was accused of working with former Kansas City Police detective Roger Golubski to frame McIntyre, who didn't commit the crime.
Morehead presented no physical evidence that tied McIntyre to murder and instead relied on witness testimony from Niko Quinn, who later recanted. According to Quinn, Morehead threatened to take her children and to imprison her if she didn't give a fake account of what happened the day of the double homicide. The former prosecutor also failed to disclose a past romantic relationship with the judge on the case.
McIntyre was exonerated in 2017 after Wyandotte County District Attorney Mark Dupree said his conviction was a “manifest injustice." In 2022, McIntyre was awarded $12.5 million by the Unified Government of Kansas City, Kansas, and Wyandotte County for the wrongful conviction.
After surrendering her law license, Morehead is set to be disbarred by the Kansas Supreme Court. Morehead was also being probed by the U.S. Department of Justice, according to court documents.
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