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Prof. Alec Klein, director of the Medill Innocence Project, chats with students after a showing of a "rough-cut" documentary about the the Medill Innocence Project. The film provided an in-depth look at several cases taken on by students in the class as well as the history of Northwestern's well-known investigative journalism project.

Medill Innocence Project screens first documentary

November 1, 2012

The Medill Innocence Project screened a rough cut of its first documentary Thursday, showcasing the work students have done since a new director took over the project in 2011. The 30-minute documentary,...

Attorneys from Northwestern justice center petition to reopen Burge cases

October 18, 2012

Attorneys from Northwestern's MacArthur Justice Center filed a class-action petition Tuesday asking a judge to grant hearings to more than 15 incarcerated men. The men claim they were tortured into...

After extensive work in social justice reporting, Pamela Cytrynbaum is named the new director of the Chicago Innocence Project by David Protess.

New director for Chicago Innocence Project

July 20, 2012

After a nationwide search, one of Medill’s most famed former professors landed right back in Evanston, choosing Pamela Cytrynbaum — a Medill lecturer, Northwestern alumna and his own student in the...

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