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Chicago IC @ChicagoIC

The Chicago Innocence Center is a non-profit organization where we use and teach investigative reporting to examine possible wrongful convictions.

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Chicago IC @ChicagoIC
12 Jan 2016
Check out @ChicagoIC youngest exoneree @D_Will_25 profiled in @SInow - from Bulls to Belgium and beyond!!
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Chicago IC @ChicagoIC
22 Jan 2017
Lawsuit pits advocates of Cook County bail reform against each other injusticewatch.org/news/2017… via @injusticewatch

Lawsuit pits advocates of Cook County bail reform against each other

Sheriff Tom Dart has been a leading voice pushing for bail reform in Cook County, seeking to free more suspects who await trial behind bars on nonviolent charges. But a lawsuit challenging the system...

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Chicago IC @ChicagoIC
19 Jan 2017
What Happens to Innocent People When They Are Freed? truth-out.org/opinion/item/3… via @truthout
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Chicago IC @ChicagoIC
15 Jan 2017
A workshop on ‘cop watching’ shows Chicagoans how to safely document police stops chicagoreader.com/Bleader/ar…
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Chicago IC @ChicagoIC
13 Jan 2017
Read the Department of Justice report on Chicago police fw.to/6XVDmQB
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Chicago IC @ChicagoIC
12 Jan 2017
Key findings on how police view their jobs amid protests and calls for reform pewrsr.ch/2j5FeAo

Key findings on how police view their jobs amid protests and calls for reform

A new Pew Research Center nationwide survey of 7,917 police officers focuses on a wide range of topics about policing, including how police view their jobs, officers’ experiences in the field and how...

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Chicago IC @ChicagoIC
9 Jan 2017
Getting Away With Murder themarshallproject.org/2017/… via @MarshallProj

Getting Away With Murder

Researching lynching cold cases, law students restore history.

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Chicago IC @ChicagoIC
5 Jan 2017
Chicago Law Department is sanctioned again for withholding police shooting records fw.to/c6SGQeI
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Chicago IC @ChicagoIC
13 Dec 2016
Are Some Prosecutors Experts At Wrongful Conviction? huffingtonpost.com/lorenzo-j… via @HuffPostCrime
Chicago IC @ChicagoIC
5 Dec 2016
Chicago ID program stokes immigrants’ fears injusticewatch.org/news/2016… via @injusticewatch

Chicago ID program stokes immigrants' fears

As Chicago officials prepare a system to ensure residents without state identification have access to public services, immigration advocates are concerned the program could help federal officials...

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Chicago IC @ChicagoIC
30 Nov 2016
Created Equal: The Kiss (Episode 1) injusticewatch.org/audio/201… via @injusticewatch

Created Equal: The Kiss (Episode 1)

Created Equal is a series of six 20-minute podcasts that explores the impact of inequality through history. Co-hosted by Pulitzer prize-winning commentator and Injustice Watch contributing editor...

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Chicago IC @ChicagoIC
30 Nov 2016
Feds seldom make cops answer for police brutality injusticewatch.org/data/2016… via @injusticewatch
Chicago IC @ChicagoIC
30 Nov 2016
Lawyers ask for outside review of corrupt cop's cases fw.to/IyX2TfI
Chicago IC @ChicagoIC
28 Nov 2016
Behind the wall injusticewatch.org/longreads… via @injusticewatch

Behind the wall

One year after the police video of the shooting of Laquan McDonald was made public, the divide between the community and its police force remains a significant obstacle to reform. Three former...

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Chicago IC @ChicagoIC
18 Nov 2016
Cook County Board members hear pleas to end cash bail injusticewatch.org/news/2016… via @injusticewatch
Chicago IC @ChicagoIC
18 Nov 2016
FBI Report Says Chicago Police Coerced Confessions of Englewood Four - goo.gl/alerts/qDq07 #GoogleAlerts
Chicago IC @ChicagoIC
17 Nov 2016
SJC struggles with resolution to Dookhan lab scandal bostonglobe.com/metro/2016/1… via @BostonGlobe
Chicago IC @ChicagoIC
17 Nov 2016
Trial or deal? Some driven to plead guilty, later exonerated apnews.com/24cfa961d3444be49…
Chicago IC @ChicagoIC
16 Nov 2016
These three brothers survived bouncing through foster care but prison almost tore them apart. theatlantic.com/politics/arc…

From Foster Homes to the Big House

These three brothers found one another after their mother's addiction, the foster-care system, and prison tore them apart.

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Chicago IC @ChicagoIC
16 Nov 2016
Reforming Cook County bail system may have side benefit: lower cost injusticewatch.org/news/2016… via @injusticewatch
Chicago IC @ChicagoIC
16 Nov 2016
Shocked, shocked, that officers’ versions appear misleading injusticewatch.org/commentar… via @injusticewatch

Shocked, shocked, that officers' versions appear misleading

We're left with two questions in the Laquan McDonald case: Why would the process take so long, as officials have had the video since long before its public release? And will the statements of...

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