CHICAGO (AP) – Chicago has paid out more than $650 million in police misconduct cases over the past 15 years or so, and that expenditure is expected to increase yet more.
In recent months, a growing number of men who say they were framed for murders they didn’t commit or convicted on trumped up drug charges have seen their convictions overturned. And now they’re suing the city.
Eighteen men investigated by former Detective Reynaldo Guevara have had their convictions overturned. A further three dozen men arrested by former Sgt. Ronald Watts have had their cases tossed out.
Attorneys predict – and city officials worry – that these cases alone could cost the city tens of millions of dollars.
