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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 · Aug 26, 2023

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 · Aug 22, 2023

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 · May 31, 2023

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 · Dec 20, 2022

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 · Dec 15, 2022

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 · Dec 12, 2022

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 · Nov 4, 2022

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 · May 2, 2022

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 · Apr 22, 2022

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 · Jan 21, 2022