Herman Lindsey, a death row exoneree, speaks at the Kansas Coalition Against the Death Penalty meeting Nov. 16, 2024, at the University of Kansas. After Lindsey was exonerated in 2009, he has traveled the country as an advocate to end the death penalty. (Grace Hills/Kansas Reflector)
LAWRENCE — Herman Lindsey knows firsthand how “bad actors” can lead to wrongful convictions in capital murder cases.
After two witnesses who were threatened and promised compensation if they lied testified against him, Lindsey was convicted and sentenced to death. Now exonerated, Lindsey spoke Saturday at the University of Kansas as part of the Kansas Coalition Against the Death Penalty’s annual meeting…