CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago man who spent more than two decades in prison for the murder of two men has been released after Cook County prosecutors dropped charges against him.
Edward Bolden, who walked out of Cook County Jail on Tuesday, was sentenced to life in prison for the murders of Irving Clayton and Derrick Frazier. The victims were found shot to death in a burning car on January 29, 1994 in what authorities say was a drug deal gone bad.
Bolden was convicted on the testimony of a single eyewitness who identified him as the gunman.
A judge in January ordered a new trial for the 46-year-old Bolden, saying he had a “substantial deprivation of constitutional rights” following his arrest.
Bolden was being held in lieu of $1 million bail after prosecutors initially said they will retry him.
