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Chicago City Council OKs $50 million settlement with 4 men wrongfully convicted of 1995 murders

"Charles, Larod, Lashawn, and Troshawn are among the scores of kids who the Chicago Police Department has targeted for false arrest and coercive interrogations over the years, leading to Chicago's reputation as the False Confession Capital of the country," said Alex Van Brunt, Johnson's attorney and the director of the Illinois office of the MacArthur Justice Center, in a statement after the approval of the settlement.

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City Council approves $50 million settlement to four Chicago men wrongfully imprisoned for total of 73 years

“Charles, Larod, Lashawn, and Troshawn are among the scores of kids who the Chicago Police Department has targeted for false arrest and coercive interrogations over the years, leading to Chicago’s reputation as the False Confession Capital of the country,” says Alexa Van Brunt, Director of the Illinois office of the MacArthur Justice Center and counsel for Charles Johnson.

The end of money bond hasn’t led to an electronic monitoring spike in Chicago—for now

“What will this look like in a year? What happens when the political will sags, or there’s not as much attention on the issue? These are issues we have to be vigilant on,” MJC's Alexa Van Brunt says.

Chicago Reader

Historic Settlement Reached in Family’s Lawsuit for the Unjustified and Fatal Shooting of Andrew Finch

The $5 million settlement – one of the largest in Kansas’ history – is step toward holding the City of Wichita accountable for its pattern of enabling police brutality with impunity.

Wichita settles lawsuit in Andrew Finch killing, the nation’s first fatal swatting

The Wichita City Council on Tuesday approved a $5 million settlement in a federal lawsuit against Wichita police detective Justin Rapp, who killed 28-year-old Andrew Finch in the nation’s first fatal swatting.

The Wichita Eagle

Wichita agrees to $5 million settlement in fatal shooting set off by hoax ‘swatting’ call to police

The City of Wichita has reached a $5 million settlement in a federal lawsuit involving the fatal police shooting of Andrew Finch during a fake emergency call.

KCUR 89.3

Illinois’ highest court halted the law to abolish cash bail in the state. What’s next?

Just before the start of the new year, the Supreme Court of Illinois halted the implementation of a law that would eliminate the practice of cash bail statewide — hours before the bill was set to take effect.

STL NPR

‘What Illinois did is really truly on another level’: Despite legal limbo, elimination of cash bail set to take effect Jan. 1

The Illinois criminal justice system is set for a major makeover beginning Sunday, replacing a cash-bail structure with one that requires judges to more carefully weigh who among the accused should be held in custody before trial without using money as a factor. But for how long the new method will remain in place is unclear.

The Chicago Tribune

Chicago Police Must Allow Those Arrested Access to a Phone Within 3 Hours: Consent Decree

WTTW

Cook County Public Defender, Community Groups, and Defense Attorneys Reach Historic Consent Decree to End Chicago Police Practice of Incommunicado Detention

In a historic step toward ending the Chicago Police Department’s (CPD’s) decades-long practice of holding people in incommunicado detention, the Cook County Public Defender’s Office, along with a broad coalition of community groups, activists and legal aid groups, entered a Consent Decree with the City of Chicago.