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      Community groups: toughen rules on when police point guns, or lives in danger

      By Talia Soglin and Stender Von Oehsen | July 25, 2019

      A coalition of community groups has warned a federal judge that a delay sought by the union representing police officers on a rule covering police pulling their guns and pointing them risks lives. The groups suggest in court papers the rules be toughened, not delayed.

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      Choice of key aide to Sheriff Tom Dart to judicial post challenged over questions of race, experience

      By Maia Rosenfeld and Talia Soglin | June 14, 2019

      The appointment of Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart’s chief police advisor has brought criticism from pastors, lawyers and activists over the state Supreme Court’s choice.

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      Unrequited Innocence

      One has already been executed. Others remain on death row. Some remain locked up but are no longer on death row. And some were released from prison, but still have convictions on their record.

      They all have one thing in common: None of them has been declared innocent, no matter how strongly the evidence points in that direction.

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      Why do defendants plead guilty to crimes they didn't commit? A national team of journalists investigates.
      Injustice Watch is partnering with other news organizations to examine why innocent people plead guilty to crimes they did not commit. If this has happened to you before, help us investigate by filling out our form.

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      Ha’im Al Martin Sharif: As evidence undercut, a deal he could not refuse

      This story is the eleventh in a series, Unrequited Innocence, that looks at cases where people were sentenced to die and have not been exonerated despite significant evidence of innocence.

      Eddie Lee Howard Jr.: Remains on death row based on dubious “bite marks” testimony

      This story is the tenth in a series, Unrequited Innocence, that looks at cases where people were sentenced to die and have not been exonerated despite significant evidence of innocence.

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