The Exoneration Project is a pro bono legal clinic at the University of Chicago Law School dedicated to representation of the wrongfully convicted.
A downstate Illinois defendant was acquitted of charges, but the county charged him more than $40,000 in administering his bond and pretrial detention. An Illinois appeals court last month upheld the fee, to chagrin of bond reform advocates.
Recent DNA testing supports the contention of inmates Curtis Croft and Demetrius Henderson that they have spent years in prison for a rape and murder they did not commit, a newly-filed petition states.
The State’s Attorney joined with lawyers from the University of Chicago Law School exoneration project to overturn the convictions and clear the records of 15 men framed by a corrupt squad of officers.