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Podcast: WBEZ News
Episode: A lawyer who helped clear three accused cop killers scolds police and prosecutors
Description: Cook County prosecutors have dropped their case against a man convicted in the 20-11 murder of Chicago Police Officer Clifton Lewis.
A judge then threw out that conviction and a sentence of life in prison for Alexander Villa [VIH-lah, not VEE-yah].
That means the three men charged with Lewis’ killing have all had their cases dismissed — and no one is being held responsible for a cop’s murder.
At yesterday’s (wed) hearing, attorneys for Lewis’s relatives argued there was enough evidence to put Villa on trial again.
But the judge said charging decisions are up to prosecutors.
Villa’s [VIH-lah...