Mr. Coleman told local television stations that he often watched White Sox games while behind bars and dreamed of getting his job back. Mr. Powe had testified as a character witness for Mr. Coleman at the death penalty phase of his sentencing. “We were buddies back then, but now I am his boss, so it’s a little bit different now,” Mr. Powe said. In February, Mr. Coleman’s lawyers filed a civil-rights complaint in district court seeking damages and a jury trial. It says that Mr. Coleman was coerced into confessing by detectives, and that he was punched in the face.

Source: New York Times March 27, 2018 19:48 UTC