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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 ...
The federal judge said a trial judge in Mississippi didn't give Terry Ptichford's lawyer enough chance to argue that the prosecution was dismissing Black jurors for discriminatory reasons.
A Chicago man who spent 35 years behind bars for a murder he didn't commit was freed Tuesday after a judge vacated his conviction and dismissed all charges. Brian Beals, 57, struggled to find the right words to describe his feelings as he stood outside Robinson Correctional Center in Crawford County, some 210 miles (338 kilometers) south of Chicago, and embraced his sister and niece. Beals was convicted in the 1988 murder of 6-year-old Demetrius Campbell.
On Tuesday, activists, attorneys and families called on Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx to begin an inquiry and take […] The post Chicago families push for release of loved ones whose cases were investigated by alleged witness-tampering cop appeared first on TheGrio.
The Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office has replaced the prosecutor heading its unit that reviews potential wrongful convictions and has rebranded the effort, the office announced Wednesday. Assistant State’s Attorney Nancy Adduci, who previously led the unit, will remain as a deputy, the release said. She was replaced by Michelle Mbekeani, who joined the office in 2018 as a legal and policy ...