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The 1998 Wrongful Conviction of Bloomington, IL Barton McNeil

Number of days Barton has been unjustly incarcerated: 9859 days

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4th Appellate Court of Illinois rejects ordering a new trial. Rejects two innocence projects pleadings and arguments. Illinois Supreme Court now requested to review blatant ongoing injustice.

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Petition for Leave to Appeal filed by Legal Team before the Illinois Supreme Court

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2001 Barton McNeil Direct Appeal before the 4th District Appellate Court of Springfield, IL

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2025 June 2 NEWS ARTICLE WGLT NPR – Snow, McNeil ask Illinois Supreme Court to hear appeals in murder convictions

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Petition for Leave to Appeal filed by Legal Team before the Illinois Supreme Court

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2025 April 18 NEWS ARTICLE WGLT NPR RADIO – Appellate court denies ex-girlfriend’s DNA and crimes in Barton McNeil’s request for a new trial in 1998 Bloomington murder

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2025 April 18 NEWS ARTICLE The Pantagraph – Barton McNeil denied new trial in daughter’s 1998 murder

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2025 March 27 NEWS ARTICLE The Pantagraph – Appellate court hears arguments in McNeil, Snow exoneration cases

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How Judge William Yoder Pulled a Fast One on the two innocence projects

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The April 2025 Appeals Decision and why it so blatantly bad

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Hear Barton McNeil advocates and see the passage of time in America’s Worst Wrongful Conviction Case

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2001 Barton McNeil Direct Appeal before the 4th District Appellate Court of Springfield, IL

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Barton McNeil Story as told by News Headlines from 1998 beginning to present day

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2005 September 28 – McNeil submits his self-authored Pro-Se Petition for Post Conviction Relief

The following is page one of Barton's self-authored 2005 Pro-Se Petition for Post Conviction Relief. This is a prisoner's most...

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2003 January 18 News Article – Judge rejects new test request

WEBSITE AUTHOR'S NOTES: Barton knew he was innocent. So he kept trying to figure out ways to prove his innocence...

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  • News Articles 1998-1999

2002 July 19 News Article – Child Killer’s new jail term 100 years

WEBSITE AUTHOR NOTES: As referenced in Barton's lifetime sentencing article dated August 12, 1999, due to sentencing guidelines, Barton had...

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2002 – During Barton’s re-sentencing hearing, he makes ominous prediction that as prosecutors charged and convicted the wrong person, that Misook will go onto kill again a child or woman

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1999 August 27 News Article – Death Officially Ruled a Homicide

WEBSITE AUTHOR NOTE: This is highly unusual and there really is no good explanation other than there appears to have...

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1999 August 12 News Article – McNeil gets life in prison

WEBSITE AUTHOR NOTES: The Judge presiding in this case, which is known as "the sole fact finder" in a Bench...

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1999 July 11 News Article – McNeil’s undoing was self

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1999 July 10 News Article – Family, police mark toddler’s death

WEBSITE AUTHOR COMMENTS: This article is about an entirely different child murder however Barton McNeil's case was cited in this...

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1999 July News Article – Barton McNeil Gets Lifetime Sentence

The following article from the local area newspaper The Pantagraph printed in July, 1999 immediately following his trial.

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1999 July 7 News Article – Murder case verdict due today

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  • Petition for Leave to Appeal filed by Legal Team before the Illinois Supreme Court
  • 2025 April 18 NEWS ARTICLE WGLT NPR RADIO – Appellate court denies ex-girlfriend’s DNA and crimes in Barton McNeil’s request for a new trial in 1998 Bloomington murder
  • 2025 April 18 NEWS ARTICLE The Pantagraph – Barton McNeil denied new trial in daughter’s 1998 murder
  • 2025 March 27 NEWS ARTICLE The Pantagraph – Appellate court hears arguments in McNeil, Snow exoneration cases

Older Case News

  • 2018 Oct 17 News Article – Challenging wrongful convictions can take decades
  • 2017 July 30 News Article – With new legal team convicted killer no longer wants “death by prison”
  • 2014 August 28 News Article – McNeil Family Celebrates Small Victory With DNA Approval
  • 2014 August 1 News Article – McNeil Defense Pushes For New DNA Testing
  • 2014 August 2 News Article – Inmate argues for DNA tests to clear murder charges

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  • PITCHER CATCHER w images2How Judge William Yoder Pulled a Fast One on the two innocence projects
  • The April 2025 Appeals Decision and why it so blatantly bad
  • THUMBNAIL 2 FOR FREEBART.ORG PAGEHear Barton McNeil advocates and see the passage of time in America’s Worst Wrongful Conviction Case
  • image of page 1 of 2001 direct appeal brief with Barton photo2001 Barton McNeil Direct Appeal before the 4th District Appellate Court of Springfield, IL

1998-2002 Local Area News regarding Barton’s Arrest and Bench Trial

  • 2003 January 18 News Article – Judge rejects new test request
  • 2002 July 19 News Article – Child Killer’s new jail term 100 years
  • 1999 August 27 News Article – Death Officially Ruled a Homicide
  • 1999 August 12 News Article – McNeil gets life in prison
  • 1999 July 11 News Article – McNeil’s undoing was self
  • 1999 July 10 News Article – Family, police mark toddler’s death
  • 1999 July News Article – Barton McNeil Gets Lifetime Sentence

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