CHICAGO -- A federal jury has awarded $25 million to a man who sued the City of Chicago after spending 16 years in prison for a murder he didn’t commit.
Attorneys for the plaintiff, Thaddeus "T.J." Jimenez, say they believe the award made Tuesday is the largest ever by a U.S. jury in a wrongful conviction case.
"Sometimes the criminal justice system makes a mistake," said Jon Loevy, one of Jimenez’s attorneys. "In this case, we proved that’s exactly what happened."
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