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Friday, October 23, 2026
Courthouse News Service
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Wrongful Imprisonment

An exonerated man who was arrested at age 14 before spending 24 years in prison for an arson-double murder that he did not commit sued Chicago, claiming police manipulated witnesses and fabricated evidence to secure his wrongful conviction.

CHICAGO – An exonerated man who was arrested at age 14 before spending 24 years in prison for an arson-double murder that he did not commit sued Chicago, claiming police manipulated witnesses and fabricated evidence to secure his wrongful conviction.

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