Two former Cook County prosecutors were indicted Wednesday in connection to a case of a man who spent decades in prison for a crime he did not commit.
The special prosecutor said Jackie Wilson never received a fair trial, but now, there is a historic turn of events more than 40 years since that original murder case.
Trutenko and Horvat are accused of various crimes connected to Wilson's trial, who was wrongfully convicted of murdering two Chicago police officers in 1982 -- which he served 36 years for. Former cook county prosecutors, Trutenko and Horvat, are facing charges of perjury, obstruction of justice, violations of the local records act and official misconduct, according to the 14 count indictment.
"From what happened in 2020, it was pretty clear what happened. The alleged perjury, the relationship with the informant -- Our scope was to find out how broad that misconduct was," Oliver said.
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