The man sued the City of Chicago and the police for coercing false testimony and hiding that fact. In this appeal, the lawyers for the police tried to argue that the result of the trial 30 years ago was binding on the wrongfully convicted man under collateral estoppel principles, which Judge Evans rightly dismisses as “an absurd argument, for any number of reasons.” The lawyers then tried to argue that the wrongfully convicted man had waived his claim by not bringing it 30 years ago, a claim that Judge Evans describes as ”too ridiculous to merit comment.”
Think we never convict innocent people? Read this.
