MAN RECEIVED $25 MILLION FOR WRONGFUL CONVICTION, USED THE MONEY TO BUILD A STREET GANG IN CHICAGO, IS NOW GOING TO PRISON AFTER HIS FRIEND FILMED HIM SHOOT A MAN IN BOTH LEGS!

A visibly shocked judge sentenced Thaddeus “T.J.” Jimenez on Thursday to more than nine years in prison after watching a cell-phone video that showed the multimillionaire-turned-gang leader stopping his Mercedes convertible and shooting a man in both legs. Jimenez had used a $25 million court award in a wrongful conviction case to help build up his street gang, the Simon City Royals, federal prosecutors said. They played a video of Jimenez blasting opera music while cruising in his Mercedes, with two guns in the car. His pal Jose Roman recorded their conversation as Jimenez boasted about his gang.