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Cook County to Pay $17 Million to Exonerated Man in Police Officer Killings

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Cook County is set to pay $17 million to a man who was wrongfully convicted in the killings of two police officers in 1982. The payment is part of a settlement in a civil rights lawsuit against former Cook County state's attorneys. The case involves accusations of railroading Jackie Wilson for crimes committed by his older brother.

Cook County is expected to pay $17 million to a Chicago man exonerated in the 1982 killings of two Chicago police officers. The payment comes as a result of a civil rights lawsuit filed against former Cook County state's attorneys accused of railroading Jackie Wilson for murders committed by his older brother.

Wilson's case dates back more than 40 years to the slayings of Officers William Fahey and Richard O'Brien, who were shot by Wilson's brother during a traffic stop.

 

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