CHICAGO — The refusal of five former Chicago police officers to testify in the retrial of a man incarcerated for murder since 1990 has resulted Wednesday in the dropping of charges against the defendant. Cook County prosecutors dropped murder charges against Jose Maysonet after lawyers for retired Detective Reynaldo Guevara and four former officers said they would take the 5th Amendment during Maysonet’s retrial. Maysonet was later freed from Cook County Jail, where he was being held since his conviction was overturned last year. Guevera testified he didn’t remember even basic details about the Solache and Reyes case, but did deny he beat them to get their confessions. Maysonet’s attorney also represented Guevara in a divorce case at the same time he was defending Maysonet from the murder charges.

Source: National Post November 15, 2017 23:03 UTC