The justice system in the United States is founded on the belief that everyone is innocent until proven guilty. Those accused ...

“Wrongful convictions destroy lives,” Raoul said ... “To have a group of [experts] who can say, ‘Yes, it was done right or no ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Illinois launched its first-ever Conviction Integrity Unit to fight back against wrongful convictions.

“Wrongful convictions destroy lives. Wrongful convictions diminish ... “To have a group of people who — this is their ...

Nancy Smith is a former bus driver from Lorain, Ohio, who was wrongfully charged with sexually abusing children in her care.

The new Conviction Integrity Unit will primarily help state’s attorneys in counties that do not already have offices to ...

Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul (D) is opening a new unit looking at past convictions making sure prosecutors got it ...

There are about 1,300 reported cases of shaken baby syndrome/abusive head trauma in the U.S. each year, according to the National Center on Shaken ...

Albert Wilson appears at a hearing on Jan. 29, 2024, in Douglas County District Court. Albert Wilson’s wrongful conviction and imprisonment lawsuit, which has sat in limbo for months, may now ...

Haynes, who was convicted of killing 55-year-old Randy Sherer in 2005, was exonerated in December of last year after spending ...

“Wrongful convictions destroy lives,” Raoul said ... “To have a group of [experts] who can say, ‘Yes, it was done right or no, there was a miscarriage of justice,’ is exactly what ...