Crime & Safety
Robert Johnson Set To Be Released After Jury Vacates His Conviction In 1996 Chicago Murder
Robert Johnson was set to be let out of the Cook County Jail anytime after 4 p.m., after his conviction was vacated by a jury.
Updated on: February 21, 2025
A man who was wrongly convicted of a 1996 murder was set to go free on Thursday.
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Robert Johnson was set to be let out of the Cook County Jail anytime after 4 p.m., after his conviction was vacated by a jury.
Johnson was convicted of armed robbery, home invasion, and first-degree murder when he was 16. He was found guilty of the April 14, 1996, murder of Eddie Binion, a drug dealer who was shot and killed in a robbery in his apartment.
