Illinois, spurred on by Cook County, leads the nation in wrongful convictions according to a recent report by theThe National Registry of Exonerations is a joint project of the University of the Michigan Law School and theCenter on Wrongful Convictions at Northwestern University School of Law.
Since 1989, 101 people in Illinois have had their convictions overturned. 78 of those cases came from Cook County. That's nine percent of the 891 wrongful convictions listed in the report. The most recent wrongful conviction in Illinois was James Kluppelberg, who had his conviction for a 1984 arson overturned because evidence used in the trial was discredited and a witness who testified Kluppelberg confessed to the crime admitted he lied. Other cases listed in the report link back to the torture practices of former Chicago Police Lt.Jon Burge.
rest at http://chicagoist.com/2012/06/12/illinois_cook_county_leads_nation_i.php
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