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Illinois Wrongful Convictions

Governor Candidate Ryan Says Sorry For Wrongfully Putting Two Men On Death Row

Chicago Sun-Times | DAVE McKINNEY AND ABDON M. PALLASCH | Posted 11.12.2009 | Chicago

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GOP gubernatorial candidate Jim Ryan issued his first outright apology Thursday for wrongfully putting two men on Death Row instead of prosecuting the...

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Another Burge Torture Case Crumbles: 2 Convicted In 1988 Murder To Go Free

Chicago Sun-Times | RUMMANA HUSSAIN | Posted 08.07.2009 | Chicago

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The Illinois Attorney General's Office today dropped charges against two men convicted of five murders two decades ago....

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Illinois Wrongful Conviction Tab Tops $100 Million

Rob Warden | Posted 01.18.2009 | Chicago

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Rob Warden

The only accountability has been the taxpayers' -- perhaps deservedly so, given that it is they who have tolerated, and continue to tolerate, widespread police and prosecutorial malfeasance.

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