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News
- Wrongful Convictions Spur State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez to Form Review Unit for Controversial Prosecutions
Cook County State's Attorney Anita Alvarez has formed a six-person unit to review prosecutions that ... - Bill to Expand DNA Database Fuels a Political Fight
A legislative battle continues to be waged over whether to expand a New York state database conta... - Illinois Man Gets $25M for Wrongful Conviction
CHICAGO (AP) — A Cook County jury awarded $25 million Tuesday to a man who sued the city of Chicag... - Renewed Call for Expanded DNA Databank
New York law enforcement officials and crime victim advocates are calling for an expansion the state... - Prosecutor: DNA Evidence Led to Dropping Charges
CHICAGO (AP) — Cook County State's Attorney Anita Alvarez says "an exhaustive review" of the evide... - Supreme Court Says Witness Evidence Needs No Special Cautions
In a 8-to-1 vote, the Supreme Court ruled Wednesday to refuse courts to examine suggestive eyewit... - Morton Prosecutor Objects to Misconduct Inquiry
Lawyers for former Williamson County prosecutor Ken Anderson argued in a court document filed Tuesd... - Rivera Freed After Lake County Prosecutors Stop Seeking Retrial in Girl’s ’92 Slaying
After almost 20 years in prison, Juan Rivera walked out of prison Friday after authorities decided... - Texas to Continue as the Country’s Leader in Capital Punishment
Texas has six executions scheduled for the first three months of 2012, which is more than twice as m... - Free After Wrongful Murder Conviction, Life Still Not Easy for Dale Helmig
Righting a wrongful conviction is more than a release from prison, Kansas City Star journalist Tony ...
Mission
The Medill Innocence Project supports the research of Northwestern University journalism classes on investigative reporting in which students look into cases that potentially involve miscarriages of justice, with priority given to murder cases and with a commitment to transparency and publication.Integrity
As members of the Medill community, all of our academic, professional, media, journalism and marketing communications work must meet the standards of the Medill Integrity code. This code commits us to honesty and fairness, as well as avoiding and identifying conflicts of interest.
[Read the full Medill Integrity Code]Publications
Press
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Univision on the Ariel Gomez Case
27 Jan 2012
Spanish-language TV outlet Univision talks to the Medill Innocence Project about its findings into the case of Ariel Gomez, who is convicted of a 1997 murder he says he did not commit. In December, journalism students supported by the Medill Innocence Project published their case investigation. Watch Univision’s story about their work here.
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ABA Journal: Journalism and Justice
28 Dec 2011
Writer Kevin Davis explores the challenges a journalism-based innocence project faces in “Journalism and Justice: Did Innocence Project Student Reporters Get Too Close to Lawyers?” Read the article here.
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Jim Romenesko’s “What I Tweeted Today”
8 Dec 2011
Veteran Poynter journalist Jim Romenesko tweeted and posted a link to a story about the Ariel Gomez case on his site, http://jimromenesko.com/
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USA Today: In Wake of Troy Davis Case, Undergrads Investigate Wrongful Convictions
3 Oct 2011
USA Today reporter Viviana Bonilla Lopez examines how the Medill Innocence Project, among other undergraduate programs, pursues the truth. Read the full article here.
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Rachel Maddow Show: Death Penalty, A System in Chaos
23 Sep 2011
Commentator Rachel Maddow’s guest, Washington Post columnist E.J. Dionne, discusses the Medill Innocence Project’s historic impact on death penalty cases in the U.S.
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Univision on the Ariel Gomez Case



