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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Andy Grimm

Two brothers file lawsuits accusing Chicago detectives of framing them for murder out of revenge, torturing them into confessing

Reginald Henderson (left) and his brother Sean Tyler speak to reporters Tuesday after filing federal lawsuits accusing Chicago police detectives of torturing them into confessing to a murder. (Anthony Vazquez, Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times)

Two brothers whose murder convictions were overturned after claiming they were beaten into confessing have filed federal lawsuits accusing Chicago police detectives of framing them out of revenge.

Reginald Henderson and Sean Tyler, who both spent 25 years in prison, contend detectives targeted them because Tyler had testified for the defense in a case they had handled in 1991.

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