Less than a year after walking free from a life sentence for a 2003 double murder — a release that came after a scandal-plagued prosecutor championed his resentencing — Dante Brown is back in jail, accused of shooting a security guard in the neck last weekend during a Near West Side.
Brown, 40, was freed in August 2024 when Judge Michael McHale cut his life term to 20 years, crediting him with time served. His resentencing was pushed by then–Conviction Review Unit chief Michelle Mbekeani, whom McHale later accused of lying in court about her ties to a private company that connected inmates seeking resentencings with defense attorneys.
McHale found her in a “blatantly obvious conflict of interest,” barred her from his courtroom for life, and criticized then–State’s Attorney Kim Foxx for allowing her to remain on the case. Mbekeani resigned in June last year…