A Chicago man who spent 26 years in prison for a murder he didn't commit is now suing the city....
Chicago Tribune | Megan Twohey | Posted 10.17.2009 | Chicago
An estimated 50,000 felons have been released from Illinois prisons or county probation without submitting DNA samples as required by law, leaving a g...
Chicago Sun-Times | RUMMANA HUSSAIN | Posted 08.07.2009 | Chicago
The Illinois Attorney General's Office today dropped charges against two men convicted of five murders two decades ago....
Chicago Sun-Times | FRANK MAIN AND ANNIE SWEENEY | Posted 07.23.2009 | Chicago
A federal jury has awarded $21 million to a man who sued a former Chicago Police officer, accusing the officer of framing him for murder, authorities ...
AP | Posted 05.18.2009 | Chicago
CHICAGO (AP) -- A man who spent 26 years in prison for a murder he didn't commit has been officially declared innocent. Cook County Circuit Judge Pau...
Associated Press | Posted 04.17.2009 | Chicago
CHICAGO -- The city of Chicago will pay $2.7 million to a man who spent 27 years in prison for the rape of a 9-year-old girl, only to be cleared by DN...
Rob Warden | Posted 10.05.2008 | Chicago
All charges have at last been dropped against 55-year-old Alton Logan, who languished behind bars more than a quarter of a century for the murder of a security guard -- a crime that two Chicago public defenders knew almost from the beginning he hadn't committed.
Chicago Public Radio | Tony Arnold | Posted 10.19.2009 | Chicago