Man who claims he was set up to be released on parole soon

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) – A Kansan who claimed a disgraced police detective helped convict him of a 1997 murder he didn’t commit will be released on parole in four months.

Brian Betts reportedly learned the news Friday and called his sister and mother to share the news.

Betts, 46, and his cousin, Celester McKinney, 52, alleged that former Kansas City, Kansas, detective Roger Golubski and another detective coerced their uncle into identifying them as the shooters in the death of 17-year-old Gregory Miller.

They sought a new trial but a judge ruled in December that the men did not prove their case, despite a “cloud of doubt” over Golubski.