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US · 9 mins ago
Chicago taxpayers on the hook for $9M wrongful conviction settlement
Chicago taxpayers will spend $9 million to compensate a one-time Spanish-speaking teenager who spent 17 years in prison after being beaten and coerced into signing a confession for a murder he did not commit. The latest in a seemingly never-ending string of wrongful conviction settlements tied to misconduct by Chicago Police officers -- $131.5 million during the first six months alone, according to a WTTW analysis -- goes to Alberto Ochoa. Ochoa was a 17-year-old day laborer who had arrived in C
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