Three men, Anthony Ross, TyJuan Anderson and Lumont Johnson were found guilty of a 2002 murder they did not commit. Now, more than 10 years after their conviction, the detective that put them away is admitting to his own misconduct in an interview with NBC. Doug Palmer, a former detective, talked to Rob Stafford because “he began… Read More
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Great story about one of L&L’s cases on Chicago Public Radio. http://www.wbez.org/news/city-pays-400000-woman-who-says-cops-groped-stripped-her-108186
By Jeff Coen, Chicago Tribune staff reporter 2/13/07 The family of a paraplegic man who alleged he was wrongfully shot by Chicago police officers during a 2003 traffic stop have settled a law-suit against the city for more than $5 million after a federal jury found in their favor. Cornelius Ware had been pulled over in… Read More
by Mark Morris and Russ Pulley, The Kansas City Star 8/30/08 A former Lee’s Summit man celebrated Friday when a jury awarded him $16 million, ruling that his ex-wife and a police officer conspired to violate his fair-trial rights. “I’d waited 10 years for that moment,” said Theodore W. White Jr. ”You have no idea what it’s like to be vindicated for something you… Read More
Read the AP story about David Ayres’s jury verdict in USA Today. By Amanda Lee, Associated Press CINCINNATI — An Ohio man who was exonerated after spending 13 years in prison for murder cried as a federal jury found that two Cleveland police detectives violated his civil rights by coercing and falsifying testimony and withholding evidence that… Read More
Cop pleads guilty, told women to flash him: authorities Article originally appeared in The Sun Times on 9/7/7. By Frank Main A Chicago Police officer has pleaded guilty to attempted intimidation — a misdemeanor — and agreed to resign over allegations he pulled over two women on the Northwest Side and asked them to expose their… Read More
