An Englewood native whose 2003 murder conviction was overturned last year filed a federal civil rights lawsuit Tuesday against Chicago police detectives, the City of Chicago, Cook County and multiple prosecutors.

Kevin Jackson, 44, was released from prison last October after spending more than 23 years behind bars for a 2001 murder despite no evidence connecting him to the shooting other than statements from witnesses, some of whom recanted before trial.

Jackson long maintained his innocence in the May 2001 shooting at a gas station in Englewood that killed one man and wounded another. He was convicted two years later and sentenced to 45 years in prison.

The lawsuit claims police detectives fabricated witness statements through coercion, created fake polygraph results and suppressed tru

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