A Cook County judge on Thursday reversed a murder conviction from 23 years ago, tossing out a ruling that kept Richard Kwil behind bars for more than half his life.
It is the latest overturned conviction in a long list related to the acitons former Chicago Police Detective Reynaldo Guevara.
Kwil, now 43, was convicted for the 1999 murder of Roberto Cruz. He was incarcerated at 19, leaving behind a daughter who was just two years old.Get Chicago local news, weather forecasts, sports and entertainment stories to your inbox. Attorneys for the Chicago-based Exoneration Project said 40 convictions that Guevara helped secure have now been overturned. Kwil's co-defendant was exonerated in August 2022.He retired in 2005, but has never been charged with a crime. The City of Chicago has paid millions of dollars to settle misconduct claims for his actions.
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