false confessions Archives - The Chicago Reporter http://www.chicagoreporter.com/tag/false-confessions/ Investigating race and poverty since 1972 Wed, 03 Mar 2021 18:09:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.chicagoreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/logo-1-reverse-1-150x150-1.png false confessions Archives - The Chicago Reporter http://www.chicagoreporter.com/tag/false-confessions/ 32 32 163009088 Charles Green says his fight for decades of Chicago police misconduct records is about clearing his name https://www.chicagoreporter.com/charles-green-says-his-fight-for-decades-of-chicago-police-misconduct-records-is-about-clearing-his-name/ https://www.chicagoreporter.com/charles-green-says-his-fight-for-decades-of-chicago-police-misconduct-records-is-about-clearing-his-name/#respond Fri, 24 Jul 2020 19:25:00 +0000 https://www.chicagoreporter.com/?p=6271144 In an interview with The Chicago Reporter, Green tells us about life after prison and what the controversial settlement he was offered would mean for him.

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]]> https://www.chicagoreporter.com/charles-green-says-his-fight-for-decades-of-chicago-police-misconduct-records-is-about-clearing-his-name/feed/ 0 6271144 Arrestees not getting speedy access to counsel in Chicago https://www.chicagoreporter.com/arrestees-not-getting-speedy-access-to-counsel-in-chicago/ https://www.chicagoreporter.com/arrestees-not-getting-speedy-access-to-counsel-in-chicago/#respond Thu, 07 Jun 2018 18:21:22 +0000 http://www.chicagoreporter.com/?p=2154543 The Chicago Police Department fails to follow the law and its own directives to allow those in custody a phone call to a lawyer within one hour of arrest, advocates say.

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]]> https://www.chicagoreporter.com/arrestees-not-getting-speedy-access-to-counsel-in-chicago/feed/ 0 2154543 Cook County judge, prosecutors at odds over disgraced cop’s credibility https://www.chicagoreporter.com/cook-county-judge-prosecutors-at-odds-over-disgraced-cops-credibility/ https://www.chicagoreporter.com/cook-county-judge-prosecutors-at-odds-over-disgraced-cops-credibility/#respond Thu, 04 Jan 2018 19:47:59 +0000 http://www.chicagoreporter.com/?p=1693520 As more murder cases connected to former detective Reynaldo Guevara get overturned, the state’s attorney’s office still stands by his police work.

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]]> https://www.chicagoreporter.com/cook-county-judge-prosecutors-at-odds-over-disgraced-cops-credibility/feed/ 0 1693520 Kim Foxx should stop defending disgraced cop and start investigating him https://www.chicagoreporter.com/kim-foxx-should-stop-defending-disgraced-cop-and-start-investigating-him/ https://www.chicagoreporter.com/kim-foxx-should-stop-defending-disgraced-cop-and-start-investigating-him/#respond Thu, 19 Oct 2017 18:24:47 +0000 http://www.chicagoreporter.com/?p=1536237 Retired detective Reynaldo Guevara now faces allegations that he ran an extortion scheme in addition to framing Latino men for a series of murders in Chicago.

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]]> https://www.chicagoreporter.com/kim-foxx-should-stop-defending-disgraced-cop-and-start-investigating-him/feed/ 0 1536237 Disgraced detective Reynaldo Guevara may be offered immunity https://www.chicagoreporter.com/disgraced-detective-reynaldo-guevara-may-be-offered-immunity/ https://www.chicagoreporter.com/disgraced-detective-reynaldo-guevara-may-be-offered-immunity/#respond Wed, 26 Apr 2017 19:50:20 +0000 http://www.chicagoreporter.com/?p=1194031 With more appeals in the pipeline from men who say Guevara framed them, victims’ lawyers want to find out what kind of deal the Cook County state's attorney's office has offered him.

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