Wrongful Conviction
Freed Inmate Fights Prosecutors For ‘Certificate Of Innocence’
Last May, James Kluppelberg stood under the sun for the first time a free man in more than two decades. Ten months later, he’s unemployed with little hope. CBS 2′s Brad Edwards reports.
Burge To Be Called As Witness In Wrongful Conviction Trial
Jon Burge, the disgraced former Chicago police commander convicted of lying about torture by his detectives, is expected to testify this week at the trial of a man wrongfully convicted of murder.
‘Englewood Four’ Sue Over Wrongful Conviction For 1994 Rape, Murder
Four men who were cleared last year of the 1994 rape and murder of a woman in the Englewood neighborhood have filed a lawsuit claiming they were framed by police.
Wrongfully Convicted Man Gets $5M Settlement
Marcus Lyons was 29 years old and in the U.S. Navy Reserves and about to get his computer science degree when he was arrested.
Man Wrongfully Convicted Of Deadly Arson Fire Set Free
A 46-year-old man cleared of setting a fire that killed a woman and her five children in 1984 has been released from prison.
Committee Backs $3.6M Settlement For Wrongful Conviction
The City Council Finance Committee has given preliminary approval to $3.6 million settlement, in a case which put a man behind bars for nearly a decade for an attack he didn’t commit.
Man Freed After Serving 10 Years For Murder He Didn’t Commit
Kane County prosecutors say asking a judge to vacate a man’s 2002 murder conviction was “the right thing to do.”
Jury Awards $25M To Man For Wrongful Murder Conviction
A federal jury Tuesday awarded $25 million to a suburban man who sued the City of Chicago after spending 16 years in prison for a murder he didn’t commit.
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