A man wrongfully imprisoned for over 40 years filed a lawsuit Tuesday against Chicago police, several Cook County prosecutors, Cook County and the city of Chicago, his lawyers said.
James Soto , who was wrongfully imprisoned for over 40 years, filed a lawsuit Tuesday against Chicago police and Cook County, his lawyers said.A man wrongfully imprisoned for over 40 years filed a lawsuit Tuesday against Chicago police, several Cook County prosecutors, Cook County and the city of Chicago .The judge who vacated the convictions said the two did not receive adequate counsel after the murders of a marine and a teenager in 1981.
Soto and his lawyers spoke on the filing Tuesday afternoon in the Lincoln Hall of Northwestern's Law School."It's truly justice, justice delayed," Soto said. "A shot over the bow that it's intolerable for this to happen to someone like me."While in prison, he got an undergraduate degree from Northwestern University.
Spokespeople for the city and the Cook County State's Attorney's Office said they do not comment on pending litigation. "Waiting for these cases, for these settlements to come through, or waiting to go to trial is to me ridiculous," Soto said.Sean Combs faces new rape allegations alongside unnamed celebrities
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