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Home » David Protess

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Posted inBlogs

Willie Donald’s murder conviction is overturned

by Michael Miner January 26, 2016August 18, 2021

Donald’s case was taken up by the Medill Innocence Project, which then dropped it after facing problems of its own.

Posted inNews & Politics

Did Cook County prosecutors overlook evidence and help send an innocent man to prison?

by Mark Schipper January 7, 2015August 18, 2021

In 1999, a grand jury heard ample testimony implicating Anthony Porter in a double homicide. A month later, a different grand jury heard a sliver of evidence suggesting that Alstory Simon committed the same crime. So why was Simon indicted?

Posted inBlogs

Alstory Simon’s release from prison is the latest twist in a complicated legal saga

by Michael Miner October 31, 2014August 18, 2021

The second person convicted of a 1982 murder on Chicago’s south side goes free.

Posted inBlogs

Did Anthony Porter do it? Some background reading

by Michael Miner August 8, 2014August 18, 2021

As the Anthony Porter murder case gets a second look, here’s some background reading

Posted inBlogs

The innocence crowd and the guilt crowd argue over David Protess’s old cases

by Michael Miner November 5, 2013August 19, 2021

Debating innocence and guilt in Chicago and Paris, Illinois

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.

Posted inBlogs

Anita Alvarez wants to take a third look at Anthony Porter

by Michael Miner October 22, 2013August 19, 2021

Was Anthony Porter guilty all along? Anita Alvarez says she’ll look into it.

Posted inBlogs

A Medill student who tried to exonerate him writes about the death of Anthony McKinney

by Michael Miner September 2, 2013August 19, 2021

A former Medill student writes about the death of a prisoner he tried to free.

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.

Willie T. Donald
Posted inColumns & Opinion

The age of innocence is over

by Michael Miner May 29, 2012August 19, 2021

Did Willie Donald do it? The Medill Innocence Project no longer cares.

Posted inBlogs

The Medill Innocence Project posts a dissenting view

by Michael Miner March 15, 2012August 19, 2021

The Medill Innocence Project finds someone who says the convicted prisoner is actually guilty.

Posted inBlogs

Anita Alvarez sounds off

by Mick Dumke March 2, 2012August 19, 2021

The Cook County state’s attorney defends her record and blasts the “obsession” of journalists

Posted inBlogs

Quotegate, and the Eric Ferkenhoff mystery

by Michael Miner October 20, 2011August 19, 2021

On Medill, David Protess, Mary Nesbitt, and Eric Ferkenhoff

Posted inBlogs

Former Protess student accused of plagiarism

by Michael Miner October 14, 2011August 19, 2021

Former Medill Innocence Project student resigns under fire from Politico

Posted inBlogs

John Lavine says he’s stepping down as dean next year

by Michael Miner September 21, 2011August 19, 2021

John Lavine announces he’ll leave Medill next year

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