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Posted inBlogs

As his column turns 30, remembering Eric Zorn’s biggest crusade

by Michael Miner September 19, 2016August 18, 2021

The Chicago Tribune columnist railed against the prosecution of Rolando Cruz when few others seemed to care.

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.

John Cass
Posted inBlogs

John Kass on Jim Ryan: Wrong in So Many Ways

by Michael Miner December 3, 2009August 19, 2021

John Kass’s column on Jim Ryan reveals why he should’ve stayed away from the subject.

Posted inBlogs

Brian Dugan — the romance of remembered evil

by Michael Miner July 29, 2009August 19, 2021

In her later years, my mother was given to pronouncements. One concerned South Africa — more specifically the noisy campaign to treat apartheid South Africa as a pariah nation by shunning its sports teams, disinvesting in its industries, and refusing to recognize its all-white government.

Posted inBlogs

This gun for hire

by Michael Miner March 9, 2009August 19, 2021

Sharon Keller, a Texas judge whose court was criticized by the Chicago Tribune in 2000, has been accused of discrediting the judiciary and may lose her job.

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