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When Jeffrey Lassiter and Sharon Haugabook were shot to death in November 1992 in Chicago, 17-year-old Daniel Taylor was in a police station, but still he
He was in police custody at the time of the murders, but a dubious confession led to his wrongful conviction while Chicago police and prosecutors turned a blind eye to inconvenient facts that eventually exonerated him.
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Evidence showed Taylor was in police custody when the murders happened.
The City Council’s Finance Committee voted unanimously Thursday to recommend the settlement, which is set for a final vote by the full City Council on May 25.
A lawsuit accused Chicago police officers of beating Daniel Taylor into a false confession and coercing false confessions from six other men, one of whom said Taylor “participated” in the double murder.