by Alec | Jan 14, 2016 | Illinois
The rape conviction of a Zambian immigrant in Lake County, outside Chicago, has been overturned by an Illinois appellate court that found prosecutors had failed to prove their case, and committed several acts of misconduct, among them calling the defendant (a black...
by Alec | Sep 15, 2015 | Illinois
In another of the myriad recent cases to shed light on the corruption surrounding the use of snitch/informant testimony, a conviction for a 2008 murder in Champaign County has been overturned based on the lies two informants told on the stand denying they had received...
by Jane | Mar 12, 2014 | Illinois, The Open File Blog
We have noticed a trend that prosecutors with records of unethical behavior are also the ones getting awards bestowed on them for their good conduct. First, there was the New Orleans prosecutor who has been named in an ethics complaint for suppressing exculpatory and...
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 | Jan 6, 2014 | Illinois, The Open File Blog
The Illinois Appellate Court has thrown out a Chicago man’s first degree murder conviction because the state had insufficient evidence to sustain the conviction, and has rebuked a prosecutor for his conduct in the case. Defendant Anthony Johnson was convicted of...
