Chicago taxpayers should pay $800,000 to a man who spent 23 years in prison after he was framed by a disgraced former Chicago police detective for a 1994 murder, city lawyers recommended.
William Negron was 17 when he was convicted and sentenced to life in prison after being investigated by Reynaldo Guevara, a former Chicago police detective accused of routinely framing suspects.
The proposed settlement is set to be considered Wednesday by the City Council’s Finance Committee. A final vote of the City Council could come on Feb. 18…