A judge has released Chicago man Francisco Benitez who spent the last three decades in prison for a double-murder conviction. Benitez claimed that detectives framed him for murder.
A judge on Tuesday vacated the double-murder conviction of awho has spent the last 34 years in prison for the shooting deaths of two 14-year-old boys.
Francisco Benitez, 52, maintained his innocence in a motion for post-conviction relief, saying he had an alibi for the April 28, 1989, slayings of Prudencio Cruz and William Sanchez and that he was being framed by ChicagoCook County Judge Sophia Atcherson made the ruling, citing evidence supporting Benitez’s innocence presented during a hearing earlier this year. She released Benitez on a personal recognizance bond with electronic monitoring.
Francisco Benitez’s double-murder conviction has been overturned after a judge in Illinois ruled that evidence supported his innocence.
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