Chicago Taxpayers Paid $27.5M to Man Wrongfully Convicted of 2008 Murder, Setting New Record

Source WTTW
Original Load Date June 17, 2026, 11:01 a.m.
Last Updated June 17, 2026, 11:01 a.m.
Original URL https://news.wttw.com/2026/06/17/chicago-taxpayers-paid-275m-man-wrongfully-convicted-2008-murder-setting-new-record

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Chicago taxpayers paid $27.5 million to a man who was wrongfully convicted of a 2008 murder and spent 10 years in prison, setting a new city record for a payment to resolve a wrongful conviction case, according to records obtained by WTTW News. [ A federal jury awarded Marcel Brown $50 million in S...