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ck4829

(35,077 posts)
Wed Aug 10, 2022, 05:59 AM Aug 2022

7 murder convictions overturned in a single day after prosecutors stop backing group of cases tied

7 murder convictions overturned in a single day after prosecutors stop backing group of cases tied to alleged misconduct by disgraced former Chicago police detective

His father died while Nelson Gonzalez was in prison. Alfredo Gonzalez couldn’t go to his daughter’s wedding. And Marilyn Mulero missed out on her two children’s childhoods.

These are three of the Chicago families affected by murder convictions tainted by allegations of misconduct by former Chicago police Detective Reynaldo Guevara.

In a historic move Tuesday, judges overturned seven murder convictions in a single day. Many of the exonerees have spent decades in prison for slayings that took place between 1989 and 1996.

Tuesday’s development marks 31 convictions overturned since 2016 in connection to Guevara’s alleged misconduct, claims that range from manipulating witnesses to fabricating evidence.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/7-murder-convictions-overturned-single-184700735.html
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7 murder convictions overturned in a single day after prosecutors stop backing group of cases tied (Original Post) ck4829 Aug 2022 OP
Reminds me of the two Brooklyn, N.Y. detectives. 3Hotdogs Aug 2022 #1

3Hotdogs

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1. Reminds me of the two Brooklyn, N.Y. detectives.
Wed Aug 10, 2022, 07:24 AM
Aug 2022

Extraordinarily skilled detectives, among the highest number of murde ---- WHAT?

They lied?

The criminals in their cases were released?


Oh well.

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