A man wrongfully imprisoned for more than a decade has filed a federal lawsuit against the city of Chicago, alleging that “a pattern of gross misconduct” by police detectives led to him being framed for a 2008 slaying in Austin.
Attorneys with the Lovey & Lovey law firm filed the suit Monday in U.S. District Court on Allen Robinson’s behalf.
Robinson was 19 when he was arrested and charged with fatally shooting Christopher Hanford on Dec. 3, 2008, according to the suit and a statement from his lawyers. Under similar circumstances during subsequent interrogations of others, Robinson was eventually identified and arrested in March 2009 "solely on the basis of the coerced and fabricated witness identifications," the suit argues.
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