Chicago is facing a reckoning over its wrongful conviction crisis as exonerees share their stories of coerced confessions, police misconduct, and decades lost behind bars. Cases like Troshawn McCoy and Frankie Benitez highlight the systemic failures that have long plagued the city’s justice system. The City of Chicago settled a lawsuit with McCoy and his three co-defendants for a combined $50 million. But that’s not enough; they hope their stories, also featured in Stolen Youth: Troshawn McCoy a

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