Crime & Safety
Wrongful Convict Wins $50 Million Verdict From City Of Chicago
In 2011 when he was just 18, Brown was convicted as an accomplice to a murder three years earlier.
September 10, 2024
CHICAGO (CBS/AP) -- A man who was wrongfully imprisoned for seven years was awarded $50 million from the City of Chicago on Monday.
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In 2011 when he was just 18, Brown was convicted as an accomplice to a murder three years earlier.
As documented by the National Registry of Exonerations, the charges stemmed from a shooting on Aug. 30, 2008, at Amundsen Park on the city's West Side.
