Cook County is expected to pay a $17 million settlement with Jackie Wilson, a Chicago man exonerated for the 1982 killings of two Chicago police officers. Wilson spent more than three decades in prison after allegedly being tortured into confessing to the murders he didn’t commit. The settlement is connected to the wrongful prosecution cases tied to disgraced former Chicago Police Commander Jon Burge. Additionally, Cook County prosecutors have dropped their opposition against two brothers receiving a certificate of innocence in a 1994 murder case, also linked to allegations of torture by detectives under Burge, stemming from false confessions.
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A certificate of innocence would expunge the brothers' murder convictions and allow them to receive compensation for their wrongful incarcerations, which stemmed from false confessions linked to disgraced former Chicago Police Commander Jon Burge. https://t.co/hSFYm4wxbS
Cook County prosecutors have dropped their opposition against two brothers receiving a certificate of innocence in a 1994 murder case that was overturned based on allegations of torture by detectives working under disgraced Chicago Police Cmdr. Jon Burge. https://t.co/4Phx5HvbM3
Cook County officials are set to approve a $17 million settlement with a man who spent more than three decades in prison after he was allegedly tortured by officers into confessing to a pair of murders he didn’t commit. https://t.co/jvn1RemukJ
SCOOP by @StacyStClair and @ChristyGutowsk1. Cook County is expected to pay $17 million to a Chicago man exonerated for the 1982 killings of two Chicago police officers, according to court records and a recommendation from a county board subcommittee. https://t.co/lxeblOnwhZ
Cook County is expected to pay $17 million to a Chicago man exonerated for the 1982 killings of two Chicago police officers, according to court records and a recommendation from a county board subcommittee. https://t.co/Y6V7cKERZQ
That Burge wrongful prosecution settlement tally grows yet again: Cook County expected to pay $17 million in Burge-connected Jackie Wilson case https://t.co/2YS2CzB2va