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24 Sep 2010, 8:22 pm
He said [name withheld], who works at a tire store, has been careful to stay out of trouble in hopes that Cook County State's Attorney Anita Alvarez will OK a new round of DNA testing on semen found in the victim — the first round excluded him and his co-defendants, each of whom say their confessions to the rape and murder were false and coerced — that will identify the real killer and clear [name withheld]'s name. [read post]
13 Jul 2018, 12:45 pm
In Chicago, BLM pressure led Anita Alvarez — who had inexplicably failed to charge police officers who shot at least 68 people to death — to lose her re-election bid for Cook County prosecutor. [read post]
24 Mar 2021, 5:45 pm
Following an investigation of the Innocence Project’s journalistic and investigative practices, Anita Alvarez, the Cook County State’s Attorney revisited Simon’s case and formally abandoned all charges against him. [read post]
10 Nov 2014, 1:37 pm
Jim Stingl has this story in the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel.Last week, Simon walked out of prison a free man after Cook County State's Attorney Anita Alvarez announced that her office, after a yearlong investigation, was vacating the charges against him and ending his 37-year sentence.The investigation by the Innocence Project, she said, "involved a series of alarming tactics that were not only coercive and absolutely… [read post]
28 Nov 2015, 7:58 am
The case was turned over to Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez who apparently sat on the investigation for more than a year until November 25, 2015, when she announced that Van Dyke had been charged with first-degree murder. [read post]
11 Nov 2014, 4:30 am
Last week, Simon walked out of prison a free man after Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez announced that her office, after a yearlong investigation, was vacating the charges against him and ending his 37-year sentence. [read post]
7 Dec 2011, 8:52 pm
Carroll pointed out, the judge certainly appeared to have relied on Cellmark as reporting the truth; the citation by Anita Alvarez, the Cook County Prosecuting Attorney, of a passage from the state supreme court decision declaring that the use was in support of the opinion did not help her in this respect. [read post]
14 Jan 2015, 5:57 am
State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez has said that “other viable options” could have been used to subdue Wrana other than the “violent extrication” chosen by Park Forest police. [read post]
10 Apr 2017, 6:41 am
Stripping away the allegations of the complaint, there is no dispute that Alstory Simon was incarcerated for fifteen years based on charges the former Cook County State's Attorney, Anita Alvarez, publicly acknowledged were not properly brought.Preib is a police officer, freelance journalist, and author of the blog Crooked City (Preib's Mot. [read post]
