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Ill. prosecutors seek journalism students' grades

November 8, 2009 By The Associated Press KAREN HAWKINS (Associated Press Writer)

CHICAGO (AP) — A Northwestern University professor and journalism students who spent three years investigating the case of a man convicted in the 1978 killing of a security guard believe they have evidence that shows prosecutors put the wrong man behind bars. But in the quest to prove his innocence, they may have to defend themselves, too.

Cook County prosecutors have outraged the university...

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