Six Chicago men exonerated in 1987 stabbing death of government official Convictions overturned after DNA proof and misconduct allegations against now retired detective Reynaldo Guevara The Guardian - US · Jul 2, 2025
Chicago taxpayers have paid nearly $700 million since 2000 in lawsuits by people who claimed they were framed by police The tally of 300 cases includes nearly $140 million paid to lawyers for the city and $537 million paid to plaintiffs. Chicago Sun-Times · Dec 6, 2023
Wrongly convicted brothers who spent 26 years in prison get certificate of innocence, apology Juan and Rosendo Hernandez were convicted in a 1997 shooting case investigated by former Chicago Police Department Detective Raymond Guevara. The brothers were released last year. Chicago Sun-Times · May 31, 2023
Woman whose murder convictions were overturned sues city, Chicago police detectives Madeline Mendoza’s attorneys allege that Dets. Reynaldo Guevara and Ernest Halvorsen fabricated her involvement in a 1992 double slaying. She spent 17 years behind bars. Chicago Sun-Times · Apr 24, 2023
Picture Chicago: 8 must-see photos from this week in news From endorsements trickling in for mayoral candidates Brandon Johnson and Paul Vallas, to Wilco performing at the Riviera Theatre, Sun-Times photographers were out capturing another week in Chicago news. Chicago Sun-Times · Mar 24, 2023
Lawyers: City should stop fighting wrongful conviction cases tainted by CPD misconduct Chicago has spent $23 million on outside lawyers to defend lawsuits involving former Det. Reynaldo Guevara— and eight new cases were filed this week. Chicago Sun-Times · Mar 21, 2023
Delayed justice in cases of law officer misconduct hurts victims and taxpayers The city, county and state are spending millions to defend these cases. Chicago Sun-Times · Mar 11, 2023
Judge overturns murder convictions of woman in case tied to former Chicago Det. Reynaldo Guevara In 1993, Madeline Mendoza pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit first-degree murder in connection with a double slaying in Humboldt Park the previous year. Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 4, 2023
Prosecutors drop another murder case handled by former Chicago Police detective Reynaldo Guevara Edwin Davila served nearly 25 years in prison for a 1995 shooting he has always claimed he did not commit. Chicago Sun-Times · Nov 15, 2022
Man sues Chicago police detective he claims forced false confession that led to murder conviction and 13 years behind bars The city has spent more than $75 million of taxpayer money paying for wrongful convictions caused by former police Detective Reynaldo Guevara. Chicago Sun-Times · Nov 8, 2022
Editorial: A pro-police reform official gets fired. Is City Hall truly committed to fixing CPD? Reforming this city’s police force within the framework of the federally mandated consent decree should never become a second tier priority. A recent personnel move at the department suggests it already has. Chicago Tribune · Aug 13, 2022
7 murder convictions overturned in a single day after prosecutors stop backing group of cases tied to alleged misconduct by disgraced former Chicago police detective CHICAGO — His father died while Nelson Gonzalez was in prison. Alfredo Gonzalez couldn’t go to his daughter’s wedding. And Marilyn Mulero missed out on her two children’s childhoods. Chicago Tribune · Aug 10, 2022
Kim Foxx defends her tenure amid wave of staff losses in State’s Attorney’s Office Foxx points to national shortage of prosecutors during pandemic era’s “Great Resignation.” Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 9, 2022
Foxx moves to drop charges in 8 murders tainted by former CPD detective Reynaldo Guevara At least two defendants were expected to be released from prison Tuesday. Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 9, 2022
The Independent UK · Aug 9, 2022 Chicago top prosecutor: 7 convictions tied to ex-cop vacated The Cook County state’s attorney’s office says judges have vacated seven murder convictions connected to a retired Chicago police detective accused of framing others who were sent to prison
Chicago Sun-Times · Jul 15, 2022 Brothers released from prison 25 years after they say they were framed by disgraced Chicago detective “Free at last,” their mother said repeatedly through tears.
Chicago Sun-Times · Jul 15, 2022 Four men convicted of murder released from prison after judges find they can’t trust the work of detectives in two cases All four men had maintained their innocence and all four had claimed Chicago police coerced them into confessing.
Chicago Tribune · Jul 13, 2022 Inmate exits Stateville Correctional Center a month after chance encounter with Cook County state’s attorney CHICAGO — It was an astonishing coincidence: a Stateville inmate encountering the Cook County state’s attorney, just a day after prosecutors discussed whether his decades-old murder case should be thrown out.
Chicago Sun-Times · Jul 8, 2022 Judge overturns murder conviction of man who said he was framed by disgraced former detective David Colon — who now goes by David Lugo — spent 26 years in prison fighting his conviction and was paraoled in 2017.
Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 7, 2022 Brothers’ bid for new trial links detective to Chicago’s ‘most corrupt cop’ Joseph Miedzianowski, former CPD officer now serving a life sentence for racketeering, enlisted former detective Reynaldo Guevara to pin murder cases on drug rivals, lawyers for brothers Jose and Rosendo Hernandez claim.
Reason · Jun 7, 2022 Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot Says People Charged With Violent Crimes Are Guilty Because Prosecutors Say So "When those charges are brought, these people are guilty," Lightfoot said.
Chicago Sun-Times · May 26, 2022 Man jailed since 1999 gets new trial after judge rips CPD detective for framing ‘random men’ David Gecht has been imprisoned for decades for a murder he said he did not commit.
Chicago Sun-Times · May 7, 2022 Study on corrupt police ‘crews’ is reminder that cop culture must change The quicker officers who engage in illegal conduct are taken off the streets, the better it will be for residents — and for the many honest men and women in uniform who are trying to make a positive difference in the communities they serve.
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Chicago Sun-Times · Apr 26, 2022 Prosecutors drop conviction in 1991 murder case tainted by CPD detective Daniel Rodriguez is the 21st person to be cleared in a murder case based by former detective Reynaldo Guevara.