If Marcel Brown insisted on his innocence, he would go to prison. But if he confessed to involvement in a murder he didn't commit, he would be allowed to go home. That's what police and prosecutors told the 18-year-old hungry and sleep deprived teen in September
Chicago activists will continue efforts to lobby Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx to vacate more wrongful convictions before she leaves office in December. "What we want them to know is we're not going to stop," said Jasmine Smith, co-chair of the Campaign to
Kim Foxx says Illinois should create a commission to explore its dubious distinction as the state that leads the nation in vacating wrongful convictions. Since becoming the top prosecutor in Cook County in 2017 Foxx's office has vacated 253 convictions resulting in Illinois becoming the state with the
Delegates were visibly moved on night four of the Democratic National Convention when Korey Wise along with three men who were wrongfully convicted as teenagers in New York City in 1990 took to the stage to speak about their experiences of serving time for a crime that they didn'
Before she leaves office in December, community activists and family members ask outgoing Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx to release as many as 300 people who say they have been wrongfully convicted. 0:00 /5:09 1×
As the country celebrates its independence this week some people incarcerated in the two dozen prisons in Illinois are fighting wrongful convictions. False confessions, misleading evidence and official misconduct are among the main reasons they are serving time behind bars, according to the Center on Wrongful Convictions at Northwestern Pritzker