Chicago Jury Awards $120 Million to Wrongfully Convicted Men

In a landmark decision, a federal jury has awarded $120 million to John Fulton and Anthony Mitchell, two men wrongfully convicted of a 2003 murder, marking the largest wrongful conviction jury verdict in U.S. history.

Fulton and Mitchell were teenagers—18 and 17, respectively—when arrested for the murder of 18-year-old Christopher Collazo. Despite the absence of physical evidence or eyewitness testimony linking them to the crime, both were convicted in 2006 and sentenced to 31 years in prison.

After serving 16 years, their convictions were overturned. . .