© 2001 Chicago Tribune
March 17, 2001
A Tribune investigation found hundreds of homicide cases where prosecutors violated their oath by hiding evidence or twisting the truth. Innocent people went to prison, some to Death Row.
- To isolate the worst kinds of cheating in the most serious of cases, the Tribune cataloged homicide convictions nationwide that were thrown out because prosecutors failed to disclose evidence suggesting innocence or knowingly used false evidence.
- The verdict: Dishonor
- With impunity, prosecutors across the country have violated their oaths and the law, committing the worst kinds of deception in the most serious of cases.
- 'True patriot' not quite a shining star
- While Robert Macy's plaques and press clippings speak of a hero, the often obscure records of state and federal appellate courts offer a different description.
- The flip side of a fair trial
- Prosecutors in Cook County are expected to win, and some break the rules to achieve that goal. As a result, one conviction a month is reversed for prosecutor misconduct, a Tribune study has found.
- Prosecution on trial in DuPage
- Former and current county officials face charges over misconduct in the Nicarico murder case
- Reversal of fortune
- The story of former prosecutor Scott Arthur and the Ford Heights 4 case reflects, in many respects, a troubling side of the Cook County state's attorney's office
- Part 5
- Break rules, be promoted
- When former prosecutors were criticized by appeals courts for breaking the rules of a fair trial, their careers weren't sidetracked. Instead they became judges.
- Lawmaker goes after prosecutor misconduct
- Illinois courts may end secrecy
- Lawmakers to probe prosecutorial abuses
- Act on prosecutor abuses, bar urges
- Judge delays DuPage 7 trial
- DuPage 7 seek delay in trial
© 2001 Chicago Tribune