Month: August 2020

You and your friends went out to celebrate for your 21st birthday, and you had a great time. You had only two drinks the entire night, but they were enough to give you a buzz and keep you in a celebratory mood. As the night was winding down, you ordered a soda and...

People count on the criminal justice system to handle cases in which people break the law. They generally don’t think that a person can be convicted of a crime that never even happened based on fabricated or mistaken statements from alleged victims or witnesses....

Far too many residents in Chicago, IL, have been incarcerated for crimes they never committed. While some may not have had effective counsel, many more were likely just pushed along through a legal system that tends to favor the prosecution. Unfortunately, many...