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.
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The city of Chicago has tentatively agreed to pay almost $6 million to settle a lawsuit against the Water Department. The suit alleged Black employees who said they endured years of racism and sexism.
Five years ago, a shake-up triggered by racist, sexist and homophobic emails swept out Water Management Commissioner Barrett Murphy and top deputies William Bresnahan and Paul Hansen, son of former Ald. Bernard Hansen (44th).