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: The Criminal Defense BlogChicago Man Awarded $21 Million for Wrongful Conviction
By Chris
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Juan Johnson, a man who spent 11 and a half years in prison for a murder he didn’t commit, was awarded the largest wrongful conviction award in the history of Chicago, according to WLS-TV.
Johnson was convicted of fatally beating a man with a two-by-four in Chicago’s Humbolt Park neighborhood in 1989.
Johnson’s defense attorneys relentlessly fought his conviction, and he was acquitted in 2004.
In his defense, Johnson claimed to have been framed for murder by a now-retired Chica read more
Full post as published by The Criminal Defense Blog on June 24, 2009 (boomark / email).
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