Source: online.wsj.com Posted By: Handson 5523 days ago
Prosecutors Allege Journalism Class Sought Testimony to Overturn Murder Conviction.
Prosecutors alleged Tuesday that a group of Northwestern University journalism students paid two people to testify in a class project seeking to overturn a 1981 murder conviction.
The claims marked the latest twist in a monthslong battle between the Cook County State's Attorney's office and the Medill Innocence Project at Northwestern. Past student research has helped set free 11 wrongly convicted men since....