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Lee Harris died just as he was embarking on the final chapter of a life interrupted. Harris spent 33 years in prison, convicted of murder. During his decades of incarceration, he obtained a college associate degree, volunteered in prison ministries and directed gospel choirs, all while trying to prove his innocence. Eight months before his death last Thanksgiving at age 68, the Chicago man ...
Marvin Williford was convicted of a 2000 attack on Delwin Foxworth. Later, DNA on the weapon was linked to an unidentified man whose DNA was recovered from 11-year-old Holly Staker, who was raped and killed in 1992 in Waukegan. Williford’s DNA wasn’t on that weapon, his lawyers say.
Alexander Villa was sentenced to life in the CPD Officer Clifton Lewis case, but controversy remains. The cop was killed in a Chicago shooting.
Alexander Villa was convicted of gunning down Lewis during the armed robbery of a convenience store at Division Street and Austin Boulevard, where Lewis was working as a security guard.
The sentencing of Alexander Villa, found guilty at trial for the 2011 murder of Chicago Police Officer Clifton Lewis in 2019, has been scheduled for Monday.