The activist group Chicago Alliance Against Racism and Political Repression (CAARPR) is organizing a rally on Wednesday, August 6, outside the Leighton Criminal Courthouse, where attorneys will attend a status hearing on a petition for a Certificate of Innocence filed by a man convicted of a 2001 murder.

Kevin Jackson had served 23 years of a 45-year sentence for the gang-related murder when he was exonerated by former Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx in 2024. A COI would wipe clean Jackson’s conviction and present a powerful argument for a big payout in a wrongful conviction lawsuit.

In its announcement of the August 6 rally, CAARPR calls out three Chicago detectives “who use their signature practice of witness coercion to falsely implicate innocent Chicagoans.”

The group, which s

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