A man who spent a decade behind bars following a conviction for a murder he did not commit was awarded $50 million by a federal jury on Monday following a lawsuit against the City of Chicago and two Chicago police detectives.
Marcel Brown, who was wrongfully convicted in 2011 and sentenced to 35 years in connection with a 2008 murder, was also awarded $50,000 in punitive damages, according to Fox 32.
He was falsely accused of the August 2008 killing of Paris Jackson, who was fatally shot in Amundsen Park in the Galewood neighborhood.
Brown, who was 18 at the time, was arrested and charged on allegations he was the getaway driver after Jackson’s death.
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Marcel Brown, who spent a decade behind bars following a conviction for a murder he did not commit, was awarded $50 million by a federal jury. (Getty Images )
But his attorney, John Loevy, said he was only at the park to pick up his sister when the shooting…