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The age of innocence is over
Willie T. "Timmy" Donald, who was convicted of murder in 1992, used to think he had good friends at the Medill School of Journalism. But now associate dean Mary Nesbitt won't even answer his letters. I respect her position but have more sympathy for his. from Chicago Reader Read more »
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David Protess: Doubly Victimizing the Wrongfully Convicted
A few days ago, I wrote about a new report that documented the staggering scope of wrongful convictions: over 2,000 felony exonerations nationally in the last 23 years, an average of more than one case a week of officially acknowledged mistakes. Today, I from The Huffington Post Read more »
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David Protess: Meet the Exonerated
We see their broad smiles as they stride to freedom, exchanging embraces with loved ones and flanked by jubilant lawyers. We watch as they step to a bevy of microphones and briefly describe the prison hell they left behind and the uncertain future that l from The Huffington Post Read more »
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David Protess: Christopher Drew, in Memoriam
Many Chicagoans came to know Christopher Drew from his artwork, which he hawked rain or shine on the streets of the Loop -- until he was arrested while protesting the growing restrictions on its display and sale. Charged with violating the city's peddlin from The Huffington Post Read more »
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David Protess: Jury Foreman in McKinney Case: "Justice Was Perverted"
It is a saga of murder and injustice that spans three decades, and even now a surprising new chapter is being written. Anthony McKinney, a black teenager, was convicted of the 1978 shotgun slaying of white security guard Donald Lundahl in South Suburban from The Huffington Post Read more »
