$48M settlement recommended for 3 cleared of 1986 arson and murder
John Galvan, Arthur Almendarez, and Francisco Nanez each spent 35 years in prison before they were exonerated.
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John Galvan, Arthur Almendarez, and Francisco Nanez each spent 35 years in prison before they were exonerated.
John Fulton and Anthony Mitchell both spent more than 16 years in prison before their convictions were overturned in 2019.
Attorneys for the city of Chicago plan to appeal a federal jury's verdict awarding $120 million to two men who were wrongfully convicted of a 2003 murder.
"I kept on telling them I didn't have nothing to do with this, but they didn't believe me," Robert Johnson said.
After nearly 30 years in prison, Robert Johnson experienced his first day of freedom after his 1996 murder conviction was vacated, and he said he feels like he's been "dropped on Mars."
After nearly 30 years in prison for a murder he maintains he did not commit, Friday was Robert Johnson's first day of freedom, a day after a judge vacated his 1996 murder conviction.
Robert Johnson was 16 years old when he was arrested and sentenced to 80 years prison. He was let out of the Cook County Jail Thursday evening, after his conviction was vacated by a jury, as Marissa Sulek reports.
Hilton Keller served more than 30 years in prison after being convicted of a store owner's 1991 murder.
Hilton Keller spent 33 years, seven months, and four days in prison.
Raoul is launching a statewide effort aimed at preventing wrongful convictions.
Officials said Chicago has spent roughly $750 million in settlements since 2000.
A coalition of faith leaders and elected officials gathered on Sunday to try to address wrongful conviction settlements, an issue that's cost the city hundreds of millions of dollars over the years.
For more than 23 years, Kevin Jackson has been pleading for people to believe he had nothing to do with the murder that sent him to prison as a teenager.
In 1981, Jimmy Soto was tried and convicted for a double murder he did not commit.
The bestselling author of legal thrillers has co-written a work of non-fiction: "Framed," a collection of stories about people wrongfully convicted of crimes, and the fight to exonerate them.
After more than 23 years in prison for a crime he has always maintained he didn't commit, Kevin Jackson stepped out of Western Illinois Correctional Center late Tuesday morning as a free man.
On Tuesday, Kevin Jackson was released from prison after serving 23 years for a murder he says he never committed, and in which a now-retired Chicago Police detective allegedly coerced and manipulated witnesses into lying. When it comes to the bigger picture of wrongful conviction cases in Chicago, an unlikely group of moms recently got the attention of the United Nations to try to push local leaders to do more. Megan Hickey reports.
After more than 23 years in prison for a crime he has always maintained he didn't commit, Kevin Jackson stepped out of Western Illinois Correctional Center late Tuesday morning as a free man. Megan Hickey reports.
The CBS News Chicago Investigators have been exposing Jackson's case for nearly a year.
In 2011 when he was just 18, Marcel Brown was convicted as an accomplice to a murder three years earlier.
Edwin Ortiz wants to become the 45th person to have his conviction, tied to Guevara, to be overturned in court.
In 2017, Charles Johnson, Larod Styles, Troshawn McCoy, and Lashawn Ezell were exonerated for the murders of Khaled Ibrahim and Yousef Ali.
The Chicago City Council unanimously approved a $50 million settlement with four men who were wrongfully convicted of a 1995 double murder and spent 20 years in prison before they were cleared.
Charles Johnson, Larod Styles, Troshawn McCoy, and Lashawn Ezell were exonerated in 2017 of the murders of Khaled Ibrahim and Yousef Ali.
Anthony Robinson's attorney said his previous defense lawyer failed to present evidence that showed it was physically impossible for him to be the shooter.
