$2 Million Paid to Chicago Boy
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CHICAGO — A boy, 7, who was wrongly charged with a girl’s death in 1998 was paid $2 million by the City Council on Tuesday to settle his family’s lawsuit.
The unidentified boy and a friend, 8, together made headlines when authorities charged that they knocked Ryan Harris, 11, off her bicycle with a brick, then suffocated her and sexually assaulted her.
A few months later, prosecutors dropped the charges after finding sperm on the girl’s body and charged a convicted sex criminal with the crime. He is in prison and has yet to be tried.
The family of the 7-year-old said he suffered from post-traumatic stress and filed suit against the city and its police.
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