The four men spent a combined 73 years in prison after confessing as teenagers to a 1995 double murder they did not commit. Three of them later said police coerced their confessions; the fourth man said police fabricated his.
Arrested as teens, the four men were convicted in a 1995 double murder, but were exonerated in 2017 after new fingerprinting technology did not connect them to the scene.
A bill that passed the General Assembly with bipartisan support on Sunday would make Illinois the first state to prohibit officers from lying when interrogating those under 18.