Injustice Watch (https://www.injusticewatch.org/news/police-and-prosecutors/page/3/)
Stories about policing, wrongful convictions, and prosecutorial misconduct.
The Exoneration Project lawsuit asks the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office to disclose DNA samples that have been matched to old crimes, which could lead to exonerations.
Three school board members backed the proposal, but they could not sway their colleagues.
“I guess they wanted to make an example out of us,” said Shantee Mason-Tanzie, one of 26 people arrested after alleged looting in Champaign County on May 31.
For activists and city leaders calling on Mayor Lori Lightfoot to cut the police budget, it’s clear that the money could be better spent elsewhere.
In an emotional hearing Friday, a Philadelphia judge vacated Ogrod’s death sentence and convictions for the 1996 murder of 4-year-old Barbara Jean Horn. He walked free after 28 years behind bars.
Clashes between police and protesters have led to a large number of allegations of police misconduct. The Chicago Reporter originally published this story.
After arresting hundreds of protesters over the weekend, Chicago police obstructed attorneys’ access to their clients in custody, lawyers and activists said.
The dispute marks the latest clash in the ongoing battle over Lamar Johnson’s case, which could determine the future of prosecutor-led conviction integrity units in the state of Missouri.