Marcel Brown, who spent nearly a decade in prison for a murder he did not commit, was awarded $50 million by a federal jury on Monday in his lawsuit against the City of Chicago and two police detectives.
Marcel Brown, who spent ten years in prison for a murder he did not commit, was awarded $50 million by a federal jury on Monday.The jury also granted him $50,000 in punitive damages.Brown, who was sentenced to 35 years, was exonerated after evidence emerged showing he had been coerced into a false confession.In August 2008, Paris Jackson was shot and killed in Galewood's Amundsen Park. Brown, just 18 at the time, was arrested and charged as the getaway driver.
Brown’s lawsuit claimed that prosecutors coerced his confession during a grueling 30-hour interrogation, in which he was denied legal counsel, phone calls to his family, and provided little food. His interrogation was recorded on video, which became key evidence in the case.
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