Destroy/conceal/fabricate evidenceWitness manipulationFalse arrest or reportAssault or battery to an officer chargesOther charges filed
Plaintiff:
Larry Gillard
Incident date:
05/26/1981
Allegations:
In 1982, Gillard was convicted of a rape and attendant armed robbery that he did not commit. He spent 12 years in prison and another three years on parole. In a flawed investigation, Det. Cauble and fellow officers used improper and unduly suggestive lineup procedures, withheld evidence and misled jury members. At the time of Gillard's trial, scientists in the Chicago Police Department Crime Lab either did not perform or did not disclose DNA testing that would have proven Gillard could not have committed the crime. In 2008, DNA tests proved without question that Gillard could not have been the rapist. Gillard received a Certificate of Innocence from Cook County.