Chicago will start the new year with an expected $9.3 million settlement with a man who spent 24 years in prison based on a torture-induced false confession.The City Council is slated to give the first nod to settling four lawsuits at the Finance Committee hearing Friday. This would tee up final passage of the settlements before the full council at its first 2018 meeting on Jan. 17.In all, the city is expected to settle all four lawsuits for $10.16 million. The vast majority of that money will settle the police-torture …