Man who won $8 million wrongful-conviction settlement gets 5 years for traveling to meet 13-year-old

Source CWB Chicago
Original Load Date Aug. 4, 2026, 11 a.m.
Last Updated Aug. 4, 2026, 11 a.m.
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![][1] _Francisco Nanez (Cook County Sheriff’s Office)_ An Oak Lawn man whose life sentence for murder and arson was overturned in 2021 following advocacy by the [ Innocence Project ][2] was sentenced Monday to five years in prison after pleading guilty to traveling to meet a 13-year-old after exch...