This Christmas season, the Chicago Police Memorial Foundation's
"Operation Santa" visited 32 children from several families of Chicago police officers who were killed or catastrophically injured in the line of duty. See the news report on ABC 7 News. What an awesome program - way to go Operation Santa!
Ulysses Rodriguez Charles was convicted of raping three women in a Brighton apartment back in 1980. He spent 18 years in prison before being released after DNA found on a robe and bedsheet belonged to two other men. Charles recently settled his civil lawsuit against the City of Boston for $3.25 million. Suffolk County prosecutors have insisted that the DNA evidence did not clear Charles because jurors at the trial had been told that the rapist did not ejaculate. Also, two of the women who were raped told the Boston Globe that they had no doubts that Charles was the man who raped them. Hmm??
Federal Immigration authorities intend to deport Charles to his native Trinidad as a result of other criminal convictions, including one in 1989 for trafficking in heroin while in prison.
Here's a sneek peek at "The Squeeze" which airs this Friday at 8:00 p.m. on MSNBC.
Check it out!
A show about the Cook County Sheriff's Criminal Investigation Unit called "The Squeeze" premiers on MSNBC this Friday night at 8:00 p.m. The show follows officers as they try and flip convicted gang members to solve crimes. It has gotten great reviews and should be must-watch TV.
WNUR News - Northwestern University's student-run radio will be airing an open discussion tonight to address the allegations being made against the Medill Innocence Project.
As previously posted, the Cook County State's Attorney's Office has subpoenaed the journalism students for all their documents related to the Anthony McKinney investigation. The States Attorney is also see king the student's course outline and grade information. The State has evidence that students paid witnesses in exchange for their testimony, The Students, presumably, deny these allegations.
The question tonight will be: Are the State's requests reasonable? Can the students legally hide behind a reporter's privilege? Should they be able to hide this information? Can students pick and choose what information they disclose to prosecutors? What are the implications of such actions? What does it say about the Medill Innocence Project? What's wrong with just putting all the cards on the table and seeking the truth?
A lot of questions.....tune in tonight to hear the panelists weigh in.
PANELIST BIOS:
Medill School of Journalism
Focuses on, among other topics, Law and Media Ethics
Associate of Andrew M. Hale Law Firm in Chicago
Concentrates practice in Civil Rights Litigation
Director of Legal Studies Department, Northwestern
Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology
Research Fellow, American Bar Foundation
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