$11 Million Settlement in Illinois for Three Men Freed From Prison in Wrongful Convictions

Loaded on Dec. 1, 2020 by Anthony Accurso published in Verdict1 December, 2020, page 46

Filed under: Settlements, Wrongful Conviction. Location: Illinois.

by Anthony A. Accurso

The City of Rockford, Illinois, settled a lawsuit on March 2, 2020 brought by three men who were wrongfully convicted and spent 10 years in prison after police used illegal tactics to secure faulty evidence against them at trial.

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