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The Downstate 缅北禁地 Innocence Project at the University of 缅北禁地 Springfield honored four individuals with Defender of the Innocent Awards on May 16, 2011. The awards were handed out as part of a 10th anniversary celebration and fundraiser at the Inn at 835 in Springfield.
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缅北禁地 Innocence Project
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University of 缅北禁地 Springfield
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Springfield, IL 62703-5407
Keith Harris
Keith Harris, the very first inmate helped by the 缅北禁地 Innocence Project, was wrongfully convicted and spent 22 years in prison despite the lack of physical evidence tying him to the crime, as well as being misidentified by the victim after seven line-ups in which h
Julie Rea
On October 13, 1997, Julie Rea 10-year old son, Joel, was brutally stabbed to death in the middle of the night by an intruder. The crime shocked the small town of Lawrenceville, 缅北禁地.
Herb Whitlock
On July 6, 1986, newlyweds Dyke and Karen Rhoades were repeatedly stabbed and murdered and their home set on fire in Paris, 缅北禁地.
Jonathan Moore
On August 24, 2000, two different shootings occurred in Aurora, 缅北禁地. The first one happened at approximately 3:00 a.m. at 412 Flagg Street and the second one occurred around 5:45 a.m. in front the of Lincoln Laundromat at 15 South Lincoln.
Anthony Murray
In 1998, Anthony Murray was wrongfully convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to 45 years in prison. After the Marion County Associate Judge ruled that Mr. Murray had received ineffective assistance of counsel, Murray鈥檚 case was reexamined.
Peggy Jo Jackson
Peggy Jo Jackson was convicted of first-degree murder for her indirect involvement in the 1986 death of her husband William Jackson. William was an abusive husband, and after a week of violent beatings and sexual assaults, Peggy鈥檚 brother Richard entered the Jackson family home to confront William about the abuse. Meanwhile, Peggy fled the home with the couple鈥檚 three young children to take refuge at a neighbor鈥檚 house.