Man who claims Chicago police coerced murder confession wins court round

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Man who claims Chicago police coerced murder confession wins court round

convicted murderer from Chicago who claims he was coerced into confessing by a polygraph examiner wins a round in court in his quest to get a new trial.

An Illinois court has granted a Chicago man a path forward to pursue claims that he was physically and mentally coerced by a Chicago police polygraph examiner into falsely confessing to murder.

The confession led to Anteleto Jones’ conviction and 44-year prison sentence for a gang-related shooting in West Englewood in 2000, when Jones was 19.

An eyewitness who moved out of state after the killing has emerged to say that he did not see Jones at the scene on the night of the slaying, according to a recent Illinois appellate court opinion that allows Jones to continue his effort to have his conviction reversed or get a new trial.

 

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The eyewitness is now the third person to claim that Jones was not involved in the killing, the justices wrote in the 64-page split decision handed down June 30. Immediately after his trial, two other men came forward to say Jones was with them elsewhere at the time of the murder of Jerry “Old Baby” Green, court records show. In addition, one of Jones’ co-defendants previously filed a sworn statement saying he was “solely responsible” for the slaying of Green, who was shot multiple times outside of his friend’s house, records show.

“The only evidence connecting defendant to this murder was his own confession, which he has consistently claimed was coerced and which is not corroborated by some of the physical evidence,” according to the June 30 opinion…..more here

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