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Judge denies bid for new trial in off-duty cop’s slaying

The sentencing of Alexander Villa, found guilty at trial for the 2011 murder of Chicago Police Officer Clifton Lewis in 2019, has been scheduled for Monday.

Chicago Sun-Times

Judge rejects special prosecutor to look into alleged misconduct by police, prosecutors in 2011 cop murder

Alexander Villa’s lawyers cited emails discovered years after his trial that they claim show police and prosecutors withheld evidence, including cellphone data showing Villa and two other suspects were not at the crime scene when Chicago Police Officer Clifton Lewis was killed.

Chicago Sun-Times

Wrongly convicted brothers who spent 26 years in prison get certificate of innocence, apology

Juan and Rosendo Hernandez were convicted in a 1997 shooting case investigated by former Chicago Police Department Detective Raymond Guevara. The brothers were released last year.

Chicago Sun-Times

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Brothers who spent decades in prison for 1994 murder will wait for ruling on innocence

Brothers Reginald Henderson and Sean Tyler were convicted of a 1991 murder in Back of the Yards but claim they were tortured by detectives.

Chicago Sun-Times

Former top cop Garry McCarthy testifies at hearing in Clifton Lewis slaying case

Ex-police Supt. Garry McCarthy tells a judge that he tried to quell rumors in the department that the killing of Clifton Lewis was a botched attempt on another officer’s life.

Chicago Sun-Times

As accusations swirl, State’s Atty. Kim Foxx pulls her Conviction Integrity Unit chief off a big case

As head of the unit, Nancy Adduci reviews cases to make sure prosecutors got them right. Now her work in a cop killing case is under fire.

Chicago Sun-Times

Despite claims of police misconduct, no bond for man charged in 2011 cop murder

Some 11 years since his arrest for the murder of Chicago Police Ofc. Clifton Lewis, a judge ruled Tyrone Clay will remain in jail awaiting a long-delayed trial.

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Lawyers for man charged in 2011 cop killing ask for sanctions against prosecutors

Lawyers for getaway driver in murder of CPD Officer Clifton Lewis say prosecutors hid evidence from trial team, judge.

Chicago Sun-Times

U.S. request could block evidence in probe of Chicago cop’s murder

Federal prosecutors say it might violate law to release files from a massive joint investigation launched with CPD in the wake of Officer Clifton Lewis shooting.

Chicago Sun-Times

Prosecution of accused cop killers raises questions about Kim Foxx’s conviction integrity chief

Nancy Adduci faces accusations she withheld “a mountain of evidence” about the 2011 slaying of Chicago Police Officer Clifton Lewis.

Chicago Sun-Times

Judge orders sweeping document ‘dump’ in 2011 cop murder case

‘Just gather it all,’ judge tells lawyer for city, as lawyers for men charged with cop’s 2011 murder allege CPD hid files.

Chicago Sun-Times

Lawyers for man convicted of killing off-duty Chicago police officer allege department hid evidence in murder investigation

CHICAGO — Chicago police scrubbed evidence that could have helped clear a man convicted of the murder of off-duty Officer Clifton Lewis, and kept further evidence hidden from both prosecutors and defense attorneys, a new court filing alleges.

Chicago Tribune

Ex-CPD sergeant’s corruption toll: 212 convictions overturned after dozens more thrown out Friday

The Cook County state’s attorney’s office did an about-face Friday and said it would agree to vacating the convictions of an additional 44 people it had initially opposed.

Chicago Sun-Times

Wiping away tears, man who says he was Burge torture victim gets innocence certificate

Keith Walker’s murder conviction in the 1991 fatal shooting of an Arlington Heights teenager was vacated in August 2020.

Chicago Sun-Times

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