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Judge tosses more drug convictions in Chicago cop scandal

by Associated Press
| February 11, 2020 10:30 AM

CHICAGO (AP) — A Cook County judge on Tuesday threw out the felony drug convictions of 12 men who were framed by a disgraced former Chicago police sergeant, bringing to 94 the number of overturned convictions linked to a massive scheme to shake down residents in one of the city's poorest communities.

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