by OpenFile | Jul 2, 2014 | Illinois, The Open File Blog
A recent discovery revealed that Chicago police have been warehousing thousands of homicide files dating back to the 1940’s, likely in violation of their own departmental policies and the law. The undisclosed files could potentially implicate a huge number of...
by OpenFile | Jan 28, 2014 | Illinois, The Open File Blog
Jack Bouboushian for Courthouse News reports that the 7th Circuit has repudiated efforts by a prosecutor to claim immunity in a civil case launched against him by a wrongfully convicted man. Nathsan Fields, who spent 17 years in prison for a 1985 double murder until...
by OpenFile | Jul 3, 2013 | Illinois, The Open File Blog
There is good news out of Illinois this week: Daniel Taylor, whose case we previously covered, has been released from prison. Last Friday, June 28, the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office filed a motion to vacate Taylor’s conviction following a...
