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Home » Center on Wrongful Convictions

Tag: Center on Wrongful Convictions

Posted inBlogs

Andre Davis, released from prison after a wrongful conviction, is charged with murder again

by Jordan Michael Smith June 13, 2014August 18, 2021

Subject of 2013 Reader series is accused of killing a teenager in October.

Randy Steidl, who was released from prison after 17 years, speaks at the Church of the Holy Spirit in Schaumburg in 2010.
Posted inColumns & Opinion

What really happened in Paris, Illinois?

by Michael Miner November 5, 2013August 19, 2021

With a pardon at stake, two wrongful convictions in a double murder case get the reverse spin.

Andre Davis, 32 years after he was convicted of rape and murder
Posted inNews & Politics

“There was no possibility in their mind that I didn’t do it”

by Jordan Michael Smith August 28, 2013August 19, 2021

Andre Davis was sentenced to 80 years for an unforgivable crime. Two decades later, someone finally started taking his innocence claims seriously.

Posted inBlogs

Anthony McKinney dies in prison

by Michael Miner August 28, 2013August 19, 2021

Anthony McKinney, whose innocence petition led to David Protess’s ouster from Medill, dies in prison.

Posted inBlogs

Study: Wrongful convictions cost Illinois taxpayers $214 million (and the innocent 926 years in prison)

by Michael Miner June 20, 2011August 19, 2021

Imprisoning the innocent has cost Illinois taxpayers $214 million — and counting.

Posted inNews & Politics

Guarding Grandpa

by Jessica Pupovac January 6, 2011August 19, 2021

Illinois is spending money it doesn’t have to keep convicts who can barely walk behind bars.

Posted inBlogs

Death Penalties and Taxes

by Michael Miner October 28, 2010August 19, 2021

IRS decides to stop trying to collect taxes from Darby Tillis in wrongful conviction case

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