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The case obtained notoriety after the Cook County state's attorney subpoenaed the Medill School of Journalism students' grades, class syllabus, and personal e-mails. This case is relevant to issues of Freedom of the Press because of the subpoena of journalism school class records as well as issues relating to possible wrongful conviction .
The Illinois Innocence Project, formally known as the Downstate Illinois Innocence Project, was founded in 2001 by Larry Golden, Nancy Ford, and Bill Clutter. The Project is housed in the Center for State Policy and Leadership at the University of Illinois at Springfield .
In 2003, Governor Ryan granted a petition filed by the Illinois Innocence Project and granted Harris a full pardon based on actual innocence. [ 11 ] [ 12 ] [ 13 ] “The Harris case illustrates the far-reaching problems in the investigation, arrest, trial, and appeal of cases in Illinois involving serious crimes-- even cases like this that do ...
A southern Illinois man who spent over three decades behind bars for a murder evidence proves he did not commit was freed last week. Illinois Innocence Project based in Springfield helps free man ...
The Chicago double-murder case is still unsolved. [2] Anthony Porter filed a civil suit against the city, but a jury trial in 2005 found in favor of the city, the original police investigation, and prosecution. Alstory Simon filed suit in 2015 against Northwestern University's Innocence Project, and was awarded an undisclosed settlement in June ...
The case remains unsolved after decades of fumbles by local and Illinois state police, who took decades to develop a suspect in Maria's killing and then “put a thumb on the scale” in order to ...
The Innocence Project was established in the wake of a study by the U.S. Department of Justice and U.S. Senate, in conjunction with Yeshiva University's Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, which claimed that incorrect identification by eyewitnesses was a factor in over 70% of wrongful convictions.
Brian Beals, wrongfully imprisoned for 35 years after being convicted of allegedly killing a 6-year-old in Chicago in 1988, greets his sister Pattilyn and his niece Tamiko Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023 ...