State's attorney accused of threatening witness in murder case to chill wrongful conviction cases
Civil rights lawyer Jennifer Bonjean told Judge Carol Howard she believed State's Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke was trying ...
In wrongful conviction cases, witnesses must be free to set the record straight
The criminal justice system has already made too many mistakes. Cook County State's Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke would be ...
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Prominent Attorney Benjamin Crump Taking on Robert Brooks’ Wrongful Death Suit
Renowned civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump has agreed to represent the estranged son of Robert Brooks, who died under ...
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Appellate panel affirms $4M wrongful death verdict
A group of physicians and a medical center must pay $4 million to the family of a woman who died from a stroke as a result of alleged negligent care, a state appellate panel held.
Chicago man plans to fight to clear his name completely 30 years after wrongful murder conviction
Hilton Keller spent the last 33 years locked in jail for a murder he never committed, and in that time, life outside prison walls kept marching on.
Chicago man Hilton Keller released from prison 33 years after wrongful murder conviction
CHICAGO (WLS) -- A Chicago man is being released from prison more than 30 years after he was wrongfully convicted of murder. Hilton Keller has been in prison for the armed robbery and murder of music ...