.... Montanez was wrongfully convicted for fatally shooting Rodrigo Vargas and served 23 years in prison

Tyler Barnes knew Barbie as a toy growing up.... And he was looking for an excuse to wear pink. Barnes, clad in pink pants and a pink cowboy hat, ventured to ShowPlace ICON in the South Loop Wednesday evening to watch the movie with two of his co-workers from Honey Berry Cafe.... “ They touch heavily on Black women empowerment, and in a very good way that made a lot of sense....

“ It must root out bad apples.” A statement from a spokesperson for the city’s Law Department said the city had not yet been officially served and has no further comment.... “ I never got a response from nobody, ” she said.... She signed a statement prepared by the detectives confessing to one of the murders after being threatened with the loss of her children, court records say.“ They kind of use your weakness, and they know that using your children is your weakness, ” she said....