I reported previously about police in Southern Illinois working with the Downstate Illinois Innocence Project to exonerate Jonathan Moore. Now, there is news that the police voluntarily re-opened the murder case of Barton McNeil. McNeil was convicted of smothering his 3-year old daughter in 1998, but always claimed that his girlfriend at the time was the true perp. After the girlfriend was convicted of another murder last year, the police decided to take a second look at McNeil’s case. They contacted McNeil’s supporters and conducted numerous interviews, but have not yet been able to find any new evidence supporting innocence. They state that they want to work on the case with the Downstate Illinois Innocence Project. Article and video here.
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