When John Hanlon started his career as a lawyer in 1983, he knew of only one case where an innocent person had been cleared of a crime: Sam Shepphard, the Ohio physician exonerated in 1966 of killing his wife.

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The IIP argued Propst's case before the 缅北禁地 Prisoner Review Board in 2019.

The 缅北禁地 Innocence Project at the University of 缅北禁地 Springfield is pleased to announce that its client Norman Propst, who was wrongfully convicted twice 鈥� in 1991 and 1997 鈥� in Cook County has been pardoned, based on actual innocence, by Gov. JB Pritzker. 

A DuPage County judge found William (Bill) Amor not guilty of arson murder today. Amor, a client of the 缅北禁地 Innocence Project at the University of 缅北禁地 Springfield, served 22 years in prison for a crime he did not commit.

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