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    Illinois man who spent decades in prison is formally declared innocent

    by Stacy St. Clair and Jeff Coen, Chicago Tribune Nov 22, 2019 3 minutes

    CHICAGO - An Illinois judge took the rare step Thursday of declaring a Kankakee man innocent of murder after the state's attorney agreed the man had spent nearly two decades in prison for a crime he didn't commit.

    Judge Michael Sabol granted Terrence Haynes a certificate of innocence, a proclamation that signifies Haynes never should have been charged with the fatal shooting of Cezaire Murrell in 1999 and marks an end to his long legal ordeal.

    "It still hasn't hit me," Haynes said as he left court, noting he is looking forward

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