CHICAGO - The City of Chicago has agreed to pay $90 million to settle dozens of wrongful conviction lawsuits tied to former Chicago police Sgt. Ronald Watts and his tactical team.

What we know:

The settlement, which still requires approval from the City Council, would resolve 176 lawsuits involving nearly 200 people who collectively spent more than 200 years in prison.

Each case stems from false arrests, fabricated evidence and other misconduct by Watts and his unit, city lawyers said.

The lawsuits represent one of the largest police misconduct scandals in Chicago’s history.

Watts and Officer Kallatt Mohammed were indicted in 2012 and later served federal prison sentences. But the fallout has continued for more than a decade as convictions were overturned and many plaintiffs receive

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