The Chicago Police Department was budgeted $82 million for legal settlements and judgements in 2022. [Tingey Injury Law Firm on Unsplash]

A City Council committee is set to approve a $14 million payout to settle a pair of lawsuits stemming from an overturned 1991 murder conviction, already gobbling up nearly 20 percent of the entire amount city attorneys budgeted for police misconduct settlements in 2022.