$40M for five wrongly convicted of Dixmoor rape, murder
In what appears to be the largest wrongful conviction settlement in state history, the Illinois State Police has agreed to pay $40 million to five men who were wrongly imprisoned...
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Watchdog Update: Judge tosses convictions of 2 who spent 15 years in prison
Two men who spent close to 15 years in prison for their alleged roles as lookouts in a double murder on Chicago's North Side had their convictions thrown out on...
New law to help inmates prove innocence with DNA tests
Those who plead guilty typically do their time quietly. Phillip McDowell has spent two decades in prison insisting he was innocent. McDowell pleaded guilty to fatally stabbing an acquaintance in...
DNA links murder and rape of Holly Staker, 11, to second murder 8 years later
More than two decades after 11-year-old Holly Staker was raped and killed in what became one of Lake County's most contentious prosecutions, DNA evidence from her 1992 case has been...
DNA links murder and rape of Holly Staker, 11, to second murder 8 years later
More than two decades after 11-year-old Holly Staker was raped and killed in what became one of Lake County's most contentious prosecutions, DNA evidence from her 1992 case has been...
Convicted killer of jail officer seeks new trial
A man imprisoned for killing an off-duty Cook County Jail officer is seeking to have his conviction thrown out, claiming in court papers that his attorney failed to pursue leads...
Wrongfully convicted man files suit against police, prosecutors
A Chicago man who spent more than two decades behind bars for a double murder before prosecutors dismissed his conviction filed a federal lawsuit Monday that alleges police and prosecutors...
Wrongfully convicted man files suit against police, prosecutors
A Chicago man who spent more than two decades behind bars for a double murder before prosecutors dismissed his conviction filed a federal lawsuit Monday that alleges police and prosecutors...
Officials re-opening botched ‘Dixmoor 5’ case
Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart announced Wednesday that he was reopening the investigation into the 1991 rape and murder of a 14-year-old girl in Dixmoor, a controversial case that sent...
Officials re-opening botched ‘Dixmoor 5’ case
Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart announced Wednesday that he was reopening the investigation into the 1991 rape and murder of a 14-year-old girl in Dixmoor, a controversial case that sent...