Evans v. City of Chicago, et al. (27 years in prison) Michael Evans was arrested in 1976 and charged with the kidnapping, rape and murder of a nine-year old girl. He was convicted and spent 27 years in prison before being released in 2003 based on DNA testing. Evans received an “Innocence” pardon from Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich. Evans sued 10 retired Chicago police officers claiming...
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Miller v. City of Chicago, et al. (26 years in prison) Jerry Miller was arrested for rape in 1982 and spent 26 years in prison before DNA testing showed he was innocent of the crime. Miller received an “Innocence” pardon from the Illinois Governor and then sued several retired Chicago police officers claiming, among other things, that they conducted a suggestive lineup and withheld material...
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Walden v. City of Chicago (14 years in prison) Oscar Walden was arrested in 1952 and charged with rape. He was convicted and spent 14 years in prison before being released on parole in 1965. In 2002, Walden received an “Innocence” pardon from Illinois Governor George Ryan. Walden then sued the City of Chicago claiming he was coerced into confessing to the rape and alleging that the City of...
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Terry v. City of Chicago, et al. (27 years in prison) Paul Terry was arrested in 1977 and charged with the kidnapping, rape and murder of a nine-year old girl. His friend, Michael Evans, had been arrested the year before. He was convicted and spent 27 years in prison before being released in 2003 based on DNA testing. Terry received an “Innocence” pardon from Illinois Governor Rod...
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Jimenez v. City of Chicago, et al. (16 years in prison) Thaddeus Jimenez was arrested in 1993, at the age of 13, and charged with murder in the shooting death of a 16 year old. He was convicted in 1993, received a new trial, and was convicted again in 1997. In 2006, one of the key eyewitnesses against him “flipped” and claimed another youth was the real killer. Based on this alleged new...
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Kitchen v. City of Chicago, et al. (21 years in prison) Ronald Kitchen (along with Marvin Reeves) was convicted in 1988 of the murder of two women and three children. Based on allegations that he was tortured into confessing, Kitchen was released from prison in 2009 and received a certificate of innocence from the presiding judge of the Criminal Division of the Cook County Circuit Court. Kitchen...
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