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Jornalero de Chicago gana acuerdo de $9 millones por confesión forzada y condena errónea Original

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By Fran Spielman Verified
| La Voz Chicago Verified
El mejor lugar para cobertura de noticias y cultura latina en Chicago. Los contribuyentes de Chicago gastarán $9 millones para compensar a un hombre que pasó 17 años en prisión después de haber sido golpeado y coaccionado, cuando era adolescente, para firmar una confesión por un asesinato que no cometió.
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Johnson finally explains his decision to bid $3.2B for parking meters before walking away Original

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By Fran Spielman Verified
| Chicago Sun-Times Verified
Under fire from the City Council for hiding behind a non-disclosure agreement waived weeks ago, Mayor Brandon Johnson has finally come clean about why he offered $700 million more than a New York investment firm to re-acquire Chicago parking meters and about the financial risks that prompted his administration to abandon that $3.2 billion bid.
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Johnson's advisory referendum on millionaires tax shot down in latest Council rebellion

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By Fran Spielman Verified
| Chicago Sun-Times Verified
Mayor Brandon Johnson’s bid to pressure the Illinois General Assembly to pass a millionaire’s tax by putting an advisory referendum on the Chicago ballot was shot down Thursday in the latest act of defiance by an already emboldened City Council. Johnson waited until the last Rules Committee meeting before the August recess to introduce the millionaire’s tax referendum directly to committee.
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