CHICAGO — It was an astonishing coincidence: a Stateville inmate encountering the Cook County state’s attorney, just a day after prosecutors discussed whether his decades-old murder case should be thrown out.
But last month, Jose Cruz briefly met top prosecutor Kim Foxx as she was preparing to speak at a commencement for recent graduates at the prison. Cruz alleges he was framed by now-infamous retired Chicago police Detective Reynaldo Guevara. Foxx’s office has been reviewing Guevara-related cases.
“He had his lineup photo that he wanted to show me and introduce himself to me,” Foxx told the Tribune this week. “I had shared with Mr. Cruz that I recognized his name. … Literally, his case was part of a series of cases I had talked about less than 24 hours earlier.”
