City Lawyers Recommend Paying $16.6M Man Who Spent 13 Years in Prison After Being Framed by Disgraced Ex-Detective

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Original Load Date Feb. 9, 2026, 2:01 p.m.
Last Updated Feb. 9, 2026, 2:01 p.m.
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Chicago taxpayers should pay $16.6 million to a man who spent 13 years in prison after he was framed by a disgraced former Chicago police detective for a 1991 murder, city lawyers recommended. Demetrius Johnson was 15 years old when he was convicted and sentenced to 25 years in prison after being i...