CHICAGO - Chicago has paid out more than $650 million in police misconduct cases over the past 15 years or so, and that expenditure is expected to increase.
In recent months, a growing number of men who say they were framed for murders they didn't commit or convicted on trumped-up drug charges have seen their convictions overturned. And now they're suing the city.
Eighteen men investigated by former Detective Reynaldo Guevara have had their convictions overturned. A further three dozen men arrested by former Sgt. Ronald Watts have had their cases tossed out.
Attorneys predict - and city officials worry - that these cases alone could cost the city tens of millions of dollars.