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

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Jennifer Del Prete had all charges against her dismissed Wednesday.

Retrial case dismissed for woman freed after Medill Justice Project investigation

October 10, 2022

Jennifer Del Prete, an Illinois woman whose murder conviction was overturned after a Medill Justice Project investigation, had her retrial criminal case dismissed and all charges against her dropped Wednesday. Del...

Jennifer Del Prete smiles minutes after being released from prison in 2014. Del Prete is now suing prosecutors of her initial 2005 conviction.

Woman previously freed by Medill Justice Project investigation to sue alleged conspirators

August 25, 2017

Attorneys representing Jennifer Del Prete filed a civil lawsuit Thursday against the village of Romeoville, Illinois and numerous other parties for their actions in Del Prete’s 2005 conviction on first-degree...

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...

 Jennifer Del Prete smiles minutes after being released from prison Wednesday afternoon more than 10 years before her scheduled parole. Del Prete’s first stop was Cracker Barrel for dinner with her daughter Tia (right), other members of her family and The Medill Justice Project.

Medill Justice Project celebrates Jennifer Del Prete’s release from prison

May 2, 2014

After about 10 years in prison, Jennifer Del Prete was all set to leave. Her family was waiting outside and ready to take her home. But when an officer told Del Prete there was a group on its way to...

Evidence found by Medill Justice Project casts doubt on 2005 murder conviction

February 5, 2014

Evidence uncovered by students in the Medill Justice Project regarding an imprisoned daycare worker charged with murder influenced a judge's recent ruling that "no reasonable jury" should have found her...

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