Date: 08-28-2017

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Case Number: 1:16-cr-00590

Judge: Not Available

Court: United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (Cook County)

Plaintiff's Attorney: Georgia N. Alexakis and Erika L. Csicsila

Defendant's Attorney: Dan Herbert and Elizabeth Reddington Fleming

Description: Chicago, IL - Jury Convict Cop On Excessive Force Charge

The United States of America charged Marco Proano with violating 18 U.S.C. 242 by firing 16 shots at a stole care filled with teenagers in December 2013, wounding two.

18 U.S.C. 242 provides:

Deprivation of rights under color of law

Whoever, under color of any law, statute, ordinance, regulation, or custom, willfully subjects any person in any State, Territory, Commonwealth, Possession, or District to the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured or protected by the Constitution or laws of the United States, or to different punishments, pains, or penalties, on account of such person being an alien, or by reason of his color, or race, than are prescribed for the punishment of citizens, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both; and if bodily injury results from the acts committed in violation of this section or if such acts include the use, attempted use, or threatened use of a dangerous weapon, explosives, or fire, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both; and if death results from the acts committed in violation of this section or if such acts include kidnapping or an attempt to kidnap, aggravated sexual abuse, or an attempt to commit aggravated sexual abuse, or an attempt to kill, shall be fined under this title, or imprisoned for any term of years or for life, or both, or may be sentenced to death.

Outcome: Defendant was found guilty.

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