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Sun-Times file Six more cases tied to former Chicago Police Sgt. Ronald Watts were dropped Tuesday, bringing the total number of convictions vacated in connection to the corrupt cop to 101. In a brief, live-streamed hearing, the convictions against the six men were vacated and then the charges reinstated before they were dropped by the Cook County state’s attorney’s office. “The seeds of distrust for our criminal justice system run deeply in communities most impacted by violence because of people in power like Sergeant Watts and his cronies who targeted and criminally preyed on these c...

Charges connected to the rogue officer. at the time, no one would hear their cries of innocence. >> no one would listen. >> what would they tell you? >> there's nothing we can do. you need to call your elder man. did that. wrote the elder man. talked to the fbi. >> reporter: help arrived in 2015 when lawyers with the exoneration project took over their case and helped overturn his conviction. >> now i finally really feel vindicated. >> reporter: the chicago police department tells cnn seven more officers have been placed on administrative duty while the internal affairs unit looked into other ...

Up by the same corrupt cop and their releases may be just the beginning as investigators comb through all of the cases brought by the former officer and hesz co his colleagues. ryan young talked with three of the newly freed men. >> reporter: 15 men exonerated of their crimes on the first day. their felony drug convictions tossed four years after a corrupt officer's investigations with are fircalled in to questi. >> we concluded unfortunately the police were not being truthful and we couldn't have confidence in the integrity of their reports and their testimony. and so in good conscious, we co...