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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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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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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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February 17, 2025 ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS RELEASE – Illinois Appellate Court will hear two criminal appeals at Illinois State University on March 25th

By Ashleigh Feger  |  February 17, 2025 The Fourth Judicial District Illinois Appellate Court will hold oral argument for two...

Read MoreRead more about February 17, 2025 ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS RELEASE – Illinois Appellate Court will hear two criminal appeals at Illinois State University on March 25th
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Happy Birthday to Bart as he turns 65 spending 26 years wrongfully convicted. Please consider sending him $5 or any amount for his prison commissary account as he’ll be sure to write you personally a thank you note in return

As Barton's wrongful conviction appeal process continues onto the 4th District Appellate Court located in Springfield, Illinois, please consider writing...

Read MoreRead more about Happy Birthday to Bart as he turns 65 spending 26 years wrongfully convicted. Please consider sending him $5 or any amount for his prison commissary account as he’ll be sure to write you personally a thank you note in return
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The Story of a chance encounter between Barton McNeil and now exonerated Alan Beaman, both wrongfully convicted in McLean County by Prosecutor Charles Reynard during the 1990s

April 8, 2024  |  By Barton McNeil Recently I learned of the $5.4 million settlement Alan Beaman agreed to accept...

Read MoreRead more about The Story of a chance encounter between Barton McNeil and now exonerated Alan Beaman, both wrongfully convicted in McLean County by Prosecutor Charles Reynard during the 1990s

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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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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