Alvin Jones retired from the police department in May. A police oversight agency recommended last year that he be fired for lying and falsifying reports.
A previously secret report from Chicago’s Civilian Office of Police Accountability paints a grim picture of the practices of a group of police officers.
Most lawyers would consider it a monumental victory if they walked out of court with five clients exonerated of their crimes. Problem is, the case before Judge.
In an expansive joint effort this summer, attorneys for 88 people with convictions related to disgraced ex-Chicago police Sgt. Ronald Watts filed petitions asking that those cases be thrown out.