Two years after launching a review of convictions connected to discredited former Chicago police Detective Reynaldo Guevara, Cook County prosecutors on Monday agreed to dismiss charges in one Guevara-related case.
Daniel Rodriguez walked out of a Cook County courtroom wiping tears from under his mask. He was still in a daze.
Multiple wrongful convictions have been linked to Guevara and the city has faced lawsuits over his alleged conduct. Former Chicago police Detective Reynaldo Guevara leaves the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in Chicago on June 8, 2018. On Monday a spokesperson for Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx’s office said prosecutors “were no longer able to proceed” on the Rodriguez matter after a ruling in a separate case by the same judge.Records show Rodriguez testified about his experience with Guevara and his partner, Det. Ernest Halvorsen, in a different post-conviction case before Atcherson last year.
“They grew up in a visiting room. Birthday parties and everything was in the visiting room. So … it’s a big win for me but it’s bigger for them,” he said. “You know, our family is celebrating today but there’s another family that got hurt today. There was a victim in this case that didn’t have justice. His family was told that they had justice, but they didn’t, so now they live with that pain again.
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