Michael Saunders

Michael Saunders, a 42-year-old African American male, was tragically shot to death in Calumet Park, Illinois, on June 21, 2021. Saunders was one of the 'Englewood Four,' a group of four men wrongfully convicted of the 1994 rape and murder of a woman in Chicago's Englewood neighborhood. He was exonerated in 2011 after DNA evidence linked the crime to another individual, Johnny 'Maniac' Douglas. Following his exoneration, Saunders received significant settlements from the City of Chicago and Cook ...

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Michael Saunders - National Registry of Exonerations