Longer legal battles often end in higher settlements

Settlements are measured by the amount of money that a person exonerated of murder charges received for each year spent behind bars.

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Data from reversed-conviction lawsuits filed by someone exonerated since 2010 in a Chicago murder, through August 2025. Includes only cases that ended in settlements.

Chart: Joe MahrSource: Tribune analysis of data from National Registry of Exonerations, federal courts and local governments.Created with Datawrapper