Man free after 20 years in prison for murder he didn’t commit Rodell Sanders spent two decades in prison for a murder he didn’t commit, a jury determined this week. Finally tasting freedom he fought hard for — spending years learning the law in prison and gathering evidence as his own attorney before reaching out to the University of Chicago’s Exoneration Project — Sanders said Wednesday it felt good to be surrounded by his children, his grandchildren and his extended family after so long. “It’s a beautiful feeling. At the same time, it’s somewhat frightening and scary to step out into the world again,” said Sanders, 49, of Chicago Heights. Sanders has a federal lawsuit pending against the city of Chicago Heights, several of its police officers and an FBI agent whom his attorneys say conspired to frame him for a Dec. 14, 1993, murder. His long legal journey began when he was arrested in January 1994 and charged in the case. A couple, Phillip Atkins and Stacy Armstrong, had been forced out of their car by a group of men, taken to an abandoned garage, robbed, shot and left for dead. But Armstrong survived. Sanders was convicted of murder, attempted murder and armed robbery in 1995 and sentenced to 80 years, [...] ilinnews/man-free-after-20-years-in-prison-for-murder-he-didnt-commit/
Posted on: Fri, 25 Jul 2014 10:30:49 +0000
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