Claiming a conspiracy, man convicted in 1998 South Side murder asks judge to toss out conviction
Illinois Department of Corrections A man who spent more than two decades behind bars after he was found guilty of murder is asking a Cook County judge to throw out his conviction, alleging that several Chicago police officers formed a criminal conspiracy to send him to prison. Attorneys for Marcus Wiggins say he was convicted of the 1998 murder of Theopolis Teague on the South Side because three detectives — Kenneth Boudreau, James O’Brien and Sgt. Fred Bonke, who were trained and supervised by disgraced former CPD Cmdr. Jon Burge — took part in a years-long vendetta to frame him. Addit...
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