In Chicago, Prosecutors Fight to Keep Exonerated People from Clearing Their Names (opens in new tab)

Under State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke, Cook County prosecutors have tried to block nearly every exonerated person who has sought a court declaration of their innocence. It's another stark sign of how Burke has changed the official approach to innocence claims in the nation’s wrongful conviction capital. The post In Chicago, Prosecutors Fight to Keep Exonerated People from Clearing Their Names appeared first on Bolts.