From [HERE] A Latino man released from prison after serving 21 years for a crime he didn't commit is suing police and the City of Chicago. Jacques Rivera, 47, filed a lawsuit claiming police officers manipulated a young witness and falsified evidence to convict him of first-degree murder.

“While we absolutely commend the Cook County State’s Attorneys’ Office for its decision to dismiss the charges, simply releasing Mr. Rivera from prison has not made him whole for all that he has suffered,” said attorney Jon Loevy. “He deserves compensation for the injustice that cost him so much of his life.”

Rivera was convicted in August 1988 of shooting and killing 16-year-old Felix Valentin. The lawsuit alleges police manipulated 12-year-old Orlando Lopez, the only witness to the crime, into identifying Rivera as the shooter.

According to the suit, Lopez failed to identify the shooter in a first line-up that included Rivera, but police made no record of it. After Lopez allegedly came across the shooter in his neighborhood, the lawsuit claims he viewed a second lineup two weeks later and was pressured by the police who apparently used "suggestive tactics" to falsely identify Rivera.