Prosecutors decline to drop murder charges, setting up possible retrial for man who's already completed his sentence
CHICAGO - Long after Demetrius Johnson completed his sentence for a 1991 killing, his attorneys sought in September to have that conviction thrown out, alleging he was framed by a notorious ex-Chicago police detective while citing newly uncovered documentary evidence as proof.
Cook County prosecutors on Tuesday said they agreed - but only to a point. Johnson's first-degree murder conviction should be tossed out, they conceded, but they were unwilling to drop the charges against
