Former Illinois State University student Barton McNeil was convicted of murdering his daughter in 1999, but his case was reopened when another suspect was later found guilty of murder.
A McLean County judge will decide on whether or not to vacate Barton McNeil’s 1999 murder conviction and reopen his case after attorneys presented new evidence.
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) - Monday is National Wrongful Conviction Day and the Illinois Innocence Project hosted an initiative at the University of Illinois Springfield.
Lawyers for a Gurnee man freed from a downstate correctional center following nearly 29 years of incarceration are filing a civil lawsuit on his behalf for wrongful conviction.