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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

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Jennifer Del Prete smiles minutes after being released from prison in 2014 more than 10 years before her scheduled parole. A judge vacated Del Prete’s murder conviction on Monday.

Judge reverses Jennifer Del Prete’s murder conviction after Medill Justice Project investigation

September 1, 2016

A circuit court judge vacated the murder conviction of Jennifer Del Prete and ordered a new trial on Monday, more than two years after she was released from prison following an investigation by the Medill...

Kate Parker of Grants Pass, Oregon speaks to members of the Medill Justice Project. Parker, whose case the investigative reporting class worked on last quarter, was released from court supervision Wednesday.

Medill Justice Project investigation leads to freedom for Oregon woman in rare medical child abuse case

February 26, 2016

After being arrested and separated from her family for nearly two years, Kate Parker has been reunited with her children after an investigation conducted by the Medill Justice Project. Parker faced...

Medill Justice Project opens DC bureau

November 17, 2015

The Medill Justice Project has expanded to Washington, D.C., with a new bureau that opened this quarter. The investigative reporting project covers potentially wrongful convictions and criminal justice...

Former Medill Prof. David Protess speaks with students during an Innocence Project meeting at Northwestern in 2009. Protess and NU are defendants in a suit filed Tuesday by a former inmate who was recently freed after spending 15 years in prison.

Freed inmate sues Northwestern, David Protess for $40 million

February 17, 2015

A man is suing Northwestern and other parties for $40 million after he says he was coerced to plead guilty to a double homicide and spent 15 years in prison following revelations by an NU journalism...

Murder conviction of Alstory Simon overturned after doubts shed on Protess investigation

October 31, 2014

The Cook County state's attorney vacated the double-murder conviction of Alstory Simon on Thursday, raising questions about an investigation assisted by former Medill Prof. David Protess. Protess...

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