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

The Daily Northwestern

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

The Daily Northwestern


A memorial for Mihirtej Boddupalli and Sajaad Safiullah Syed has been set up outside Quarry Lake where the fatal crash occurred. Boddupalli and Syed were high school classmates at Naperville North High School and were both members of the cross country team.

Mihirtej Boddupalli remembered by community for kindness, humor

July 24, 2014

Mihirtej Boddupalli was never one to miss an opportunity to do good. In high school, Boddupalli, known as Mihir to friends and family, once decided to challenge the school’s track coach Tim Brown...

 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...

Chicago Innocence Project founder remembers Rubin ‘Hurricane’ Carter as visionary

April 23, 2014

Rubin “Hurricane” Carter, the vice president of the Chicago Innocence Project and the man at the center of one of the most famous wrongful conviction cases in the U.S., died Sunday from prostate cancer.  Carter...

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...

Medill Justice Project investigation raises questions about 2003 Iowa murder conviction

January 7, 2014

Chad Enderle has been locked up in the Iowa State Penitentiary since 2003 for a murder he says he did not commit. In June 2013, the Medill Justice Project decided to investigate the case, bringing...

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