Allegations:
Fulton, Mitchell and Shaw were arrested and charged with the March 2003 murder of Christopher Collazo, a member of the Manic Latin Disciples gang. The case against the three relied partly on a coerced statement given by a 17-year-old girl who initially said she had introduced Fulton to Collazo but gave a false statement implicating him in the murder after police yelled at her, showed her pictures of the murdered victim and threatened to charge her with the crime. Fulton was then arrested, but repeatedly denied any involvement in the murder and told police he had an alibi that could be proven by a videotape. But after police abused him physically and psychologically, Fulton gave a false statement about the crime. Mitchell and Shaw were also arrested and coerced to make false statements about the murder. Police had no physical evidence linking the three to the crime.