Legal Opinion
Evans v. City of Chicago
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided August 25, 2005No. 04 C 3570PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
SCHENKIER, United States Magistrate Judge.
In 1976, plaintiff Michael Evans, then seventeen years old, was charged with the kidnapping rape and murder of nine-year-old Lisa Cabassa. In April 1977, Mr. Evans was convicted of those offenses and sentenced to a term of imprisonment of 200 to 400 years. Mr. Evans remained imprisoned until May 23, 2003, when his sentence was vacated and he was released based on the results of DNA that was unavailable in the 1970s. Thereafter, on August 22, 2003, the Cook County State’s Attorney’s office dismissed all charges against Mr.…
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