Watts and officers under his command have been accused of routinely framing people at the former Ida B. Wells public housing complex.
A Cook County judge has thrown out eight more convictions tied to corrupt former Chicago Police Sgt. Ronald Watts, who has been accused of routinely framing people at the former Ida B. Wells public housing complex.
Cook County prosecutors moved to vacate the latest cases on Monday, bringing the total number of convictions tied to Watts that have been thrown out to at least 220. "Vacating these convictions provides just a fraction of relief for those who spent time in prison, away from their families, and we will never be able to give them that time back. We will continue to review these cases as we seek justice for all his victims," Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx said in a statement.
In some cases, Watts' victims refused to pay him money or did something that angered him; in others, there appears to be no reason for why he targeted them. Foxx's office has vacated a total of 220 Watts-related cases since she took office in 2016. The office vacated 26 cases in 2017, 38 in 2018, 17 in 2019, 19 in 2020, 14 in 2021, and a total of 106 so far this year alone.
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