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A man who was exonerated in a 1989 double homicide has filed a federal lawsuit against Cook County and the City of Chicago, alleging he was framed by detectives.

A man who earlier this year was exonerated in a 1989 double homicide has filed a federal lawsuit against Cook County and the city of Chicago, alleging he was framed by detectives participating in a “culture of misconduct within the Chicago Police Department.” Francisco Benitez, 53, served 34 years in prison for the shooting deaths of two 14-year-old boys, Prudencio Cruz and William Sanchez, at ...

Francisco Benitez claimed he was wrongfully convicted in the 1989 killings of two boys in Humboldt Park. Former gang investigator Joe Sparks told the court he thought the police got the wrong guy.

A federal jury on Friday awarded more than $25 million to a man who sued the city of Chicago and two police detectives after being wrongfully convicted of

A federal jury on Friday awarded more than $25 million -- believed to be the highest award in a wrongful conviction case in Chicago -- to a man who sued the city of Chicago and two police detectives after being wrongfully convicted of murder and spending nearly 23 years in jail.

A federal jury has awarded more than $25 million to a man who sued the city of Chicago and two police detectives after being wrongfully convicted of murder and spending nearly 23 years in jail

A federal jury has awarded more than $25 million to a man who sued the city of Chicago and two police detectives after being wrongfully convicted of murder and spending nearly 23 years in jail

CHICAGO (AP) -- A federal jury on Friday awarded more than $25 million to a man who sued the city of Chicago and two police detectives after being