Arthur Brown on the night of his release in 2017. After spending nearly 30 years locked up for a fatal arson he didn’t commit, Brown now is in line for a $7.25 million settlement from Chicago taxpayers. His attorney says his confession was coerced by police officers who choked and threatened him. The state’s attorney cited “significant evidentiary issues” in declining to pursue a new trial. (Provided)
Chicago taxpayers will spend $7.25 million to compensate a man who spent nearly 30 years in prison for an arson fire he did not set after being choked into confessing to the double murder.
