Demetrius Johnson has become the twentieth person exonerated of a crime for which he was allegedly framed by a retired police detective from Chicago, Reynaldo Guevara.
A Cook County judge vacated Johnson's sentence in November. However, for the past month, the State Attorney's office has been deciding whether to retry Johnson's case or drop it entirely—as Johnson faced the potential of being tried again for a crime he'd already served his sentence for.Chicago TribuneOn Friday, prosecutors announced all charges against him would be dropped, and he became the 20th man cleared of their charges due to the alleged corruption of Guevara.
The report about the lineup was concealed for unknown reasons until it surfaced during the research process for a federal civil trial. Guevara also allegedly lied about the existence of the report during the criminal trial. "I was a cry in the dark for a long time," Johnson said Wednesday to reporters."I never thought this moment would happen. I thought I had to accept that."
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