When Jimenez was released, he was hailed in national headlines as one of the youngest murder defendants in the country to ever be exonerated. He was quickly awarded a certificate of innocence that allowed him to recoup nearly $200,000 from the state for his wrongful imprisonment. But it wasn't until 2012 that a federal jury awarded him the $25 million in his lawsuit against the city and Chicago police — a verdict that still ranks as one of the biggest police misconduct payouts in the city's history.