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    Connor Echols

    Connor Echols is an intern for Injustice Watch. He is a senior at Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism, and expects to graduate in 2020.

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    Two Chicago residents sue disgraced former police over false arrests

    By Connor Echols | January 22, 2020

    Two women have turned to federal court, alleging that former Chicago police officers, awaiting sentencing after federal convictions of conspiracy, theft and obstruction of justice, wrongly searched their homes and arrested them without cause.

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    State opposes certificate of innocence for man cleared of 2002 murder

    By Connor Echols | January 15, 2020

    The Cook County State’s Attorney is opposing a certificate of innocence for Eric Blackmon, who spent nearly 16 years behind bars for a murder he says he didn’t commit.

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