Lee Harris spent more than three decades in prison for the 1989 murder of a woman in Gold Coast. Now exonerated, Harris is suing the officers he alleged framed him for murder.
Lee Harris speaks during a news conference at the former site of the Cabrini-Green projects on Sept. 28, 2023. Harris was exonerated in March after spending three decades in prison.
in Gold Coast, after being forced to take out $400 from an ATM. Feitler died in the hospital several weeks later. Her parents ultimately offered a $25,000 reward for information leading to an arrest, according to 2018 reporting by the Marshall Project. “Whenever Mr. Harris made a statement that was illogical or did not fit with the Defendant Officers’ narrative of the crime, they pressed him to make a different statement,” the lawsuit alleges.
“The Department of Law will review the lawsuit upon service and does not comment on pending litigation,” Cabanban said.The suit alleges police withheld evidence pointing to another suspect, including eyewitness testimony. It further alleges that a witness, David Toles, was coached to lie that Harris had confessed the murder to him in jail. Toles has since recanted his statement.
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