Donald’s case was taken up by the Medill Innocence Project, which then dropped it after facing problems of its own.
Tag: Medill Innocence Project
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Deaf kids tear it up in The Tribe, plus more new reviews and notable screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
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Did Cook County prosecutors overlook evidence and help send an innocent man to prison?
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?
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The innocence crowd and the guilt crowd argue over David Protess’s old cases
Debating innocence and guilt in Chicago and Paris, Illinois
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What really happened in Paris, Illinois?
With a pardon at stake, two wrongful convictions in a double murder case get the reverse spin.
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A Medill student who tried to exonerate him writes about the death of Anthony McKinney
A former Medill student writes about the death of a prisoner he tried to free.
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Anthony McKinney dies in prison
Anthony McKinney, whose innocence petition led to David Protess’s ouster from Medill, dies in prison.
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A response to Michael Miner from the director of the Medill Innocence Project
A response to Michael Miner’s column from the director of the Medill Innocence Project
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The age of innocence is over
Did Willie Donald do it? The Medill Innocence Project no longer cares.
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The Medill Innocence Project posts a dissenting view
The Medill Innocence Project finds someone who says the convicted prisoner is actually guilty.
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Quotegate, and the Eric Ferkenhoff mystery
On Medill, David Protess, Mary Nesbitt, and Eric Ferkenhoff
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Post-Protess era begins at the Medill Innocence Project
The Medill Innocence Project publishes findings in the murder case of prisoner Donald Watkins
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David Protess Calls for an “Independent Review”
David Protess calls for “independent review”
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Northwestern Accuses Protess of of Rank Deceptions
Northwestern accuses David Protess of serious deceptions