Kansas Man to Receive an Additional $11.25 Million After Wrongful Conviction for Murder

Floyd Bledsoe will receive an additional $11.25 million from Kansas after spending 16 years in prison for a murder he didn’t commit.

Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly and top lawmakers approved a settlement agreement with Bledsoe on Wednesday in a federal lawsuit he brought against Kansas Bureau of Investigation employees and local law enforcement officials. The amount comes on top of roughly $1 million state officials originally agreed to pay him in 2019 as compensation for his wrongful imprisonment.

The State Finance Council approved the settlement without public discussion during a virtual meeting following a closed executive session. In July, Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach’s office told the federal judge overseeing the lawsuit that Bledsoe and the KBI defendants had “reached a tentative settlement agreement,” according to court records.

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