Chicago aldermen will soon be asked to approve an $18.5 million settlement with a man who wrongfully spent 34 years in prison ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson is recommending to aldermen another round of costly settlements for alleged police misconduct. The ...

Nine months into the year, Chicago taxpayers have spent at least $266.8 million to resolve nearly two and a half dozen lawsuits, exceeding the city’s annual budget to resolve lawsuits alleging police ...

The City Council Committee on License and Consumer Protection advanced an ordinance last month that would lift the ban on ...

Francisco “Frankie” Benitez would get $18.5 million for two murders he didn't commit but spent 34 years in prison for. Eric ...

Eric Blackmon was wrongfully convicted of the murder of Tony Cox, who was killed on the West Side in what police believed was ...

A man who earlier this year was exonerated in a 1989 double homicide has filed a federal lawsuit against Cook County and the city of Chicago, alleging he was framed by detectives participating in a ...