Former Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx should need to answer questions under oath about her decision to direct her deputies to not oppose a move by two women who had been convicted of first degree murder to toss their conviction and open a pathway to add their names to the list of once-convicted criminals suing the city of Chicago for alleged wrongful prosecution.
On Feb. 20, federal Magistrate Judge Young B. Kim granted a motion by lawyers representing the city of Chicago and a controversial former police detective requiring Foxx to sit for a deposition.
The decision comes as part of the lawsuits filed against the city by Madeline Mendoza and Marilyn Mulero, as they seek potentially millions of dollars from the city over their alleged wrongful murder convictions…