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Home » wrongful convictions

Tag: wrongful convictions

Posted inNews & Politics

Politics of fear: Are youth really to blame for the carjacking spike?

by Maya Dukmasova April 28, 2021August 18, 2021

Cops say masked teens with a thirst for violence and joyrides are terrorizing the city. An examination of arrests reveals a narrative built on shoddy data and anecdotal evidence.

Posted inNews & Politics

‘I’m the bad guy now’: A retired cop on outing police misconduct

by Maya Dukmasova September 12, 2019August 18, 2021

Bill Dorsch loved being a Chicago cop, then he witnessed misconduct by disgraced detective Reynaldo Guevara.

Posted inArts & Culture

The trials after exoneration

by Steve Bogira June 7, 2016August 18, 2021

In Exoneree Diaries, journalist Alison Flowers documents the struggles of four murder convicts who were absolved and freed.

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

Foe of Cook County state’s attorney won’t let 60 Minutes comments die

by Mick Dumke December 21, 2012August 19, 2021

Alderman Howard Brookins Jr. sounds like he’s already preparing to challenge Anita Alvarez for state’s attorney in 2016

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

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 inBlogs

Legalese

by Mick Dumke January 18, 2008August 19, 2021

State’s attorney candidate Robert Milan concedes that it’s “politically correct” to acknowledge that people charged with crimes aren’t necessarily criminals.

Cook County circuit court judge Nicholas Ford, shown presiding over a 2002 case
Posted inNews & Politics

Blind Justices?

by John Conroy November 30, 2006August 19, 2021

The prosecutors who sent police torture victims to prison are now the judges who keep them there.

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