Exonerated inmate gets $6.5 million in settlement

An exonerated death-row inmate who claims Chicago police tortured him can collect $6.5 million more from a lawsuit settlement because he wasn’t indicted in a new investigation in the case.

An exonerated death-row inmate who claims Chicago police tortured him can collect $6.5 million more from a lawsuit settlement because he wasn’t indicted in a new investigation in the case.

Madison Hobley was pardoned in 2003 by former Gov. George Ryan. He’d been sentenced to death for a 1987 fire that killed seven people, including his wife and son.

Hobley claimed he was tortured by Chicago police into confessing and sued the city.

Under the unusual settlement terms, Hobley initially received $1 million and was due $6.5 million more if not indicted by Jan. 3.

Prosecutors reopened the case in 2007. Federal officials say Hobley hasn’t been indicted, but they declined to give further details.

An attorney for Hobley says he was confident there wouldn’t be an indictment.

Hobley now lives in North Carolina.  

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