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The 1998 Wrongful Conviction of Bloomington, IL Barton McNeil

Number of days Barton has been unjustly incarcerated: 10013 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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Barton McNeil speaks to the media and supporters on the eve of his June 6th 2023 Hearing

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April 19, 2023 – Motions filed by State oppose McNeil’s request to introduce corroborating confession evidence and to deny Discovery

2023 April 19th States Motons to Dismiss Discovery and Motion to Present evidence corroborating Misook's confessionsDownload THE FOLLOWING BARTON’S COMMENTS...

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2023 April 26 News Article – WGLT National Public Radio – State opposes Barton McNeil’s request for records and confession evidence ahead of June hearing

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Local area citizen talks to reporters following March 24th Status Hearing. “There’s some strange things going on”.

Local area resident and now Barton McNeil advocate speaks to news station reporters with WEEK-25 (NBC), WMBD (CBS/Fox), The Pantagraph...

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2023 March 24 News Article – WMBD CBS / Fox News –A motion hearing is set for June in the Barton McNeil case

Former McLean County State’s Attorney William Yoder (2002-2011) currently presides over the Barton McNeil wrongful conviction case Mar 24, 2023...

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2023 March 24 News Article – WGLT NPR NEWS – Timeline set for hearings in Barton McNeil case as he seeks new trial

Barton McNeil supporter Tom Gorman, seated, spoke with media after a hearing. Behind him is Jeff Boyer, also an advocate...

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2023 March 24 News Article – The Pantagraph – Motion hearing set in Barton McNeil’s exoneration effort

Barton McNeil, 55, photographed April 5, 2022, at the Pinckneyville Correctional Center. McNeil is seeking exoneration from his murder conviction...

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2023 March 17 News Article – WGLT NPR – Records on alternative suspect sought in Bart McNeil murder case

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3-Year Old Victim Christina McNeil imagined today by a professional artist

Christina McNeil who died in 1998 at the age of 3 would be 28 years of age at the beginning...

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Famous Illinois Criminal Defense Attorney Kathleen Zellner provides an explanation as to why a county like McLean has so many wrongful case convictions

Nationally known criminal defense attorney Kathleen Zellner of Illinois, who rose to further fame representing Steven Avery in the Netflix...

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

Interesting Stuff

  • 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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  • FBI and Justice Department admits flawed testimony in hair microscopic examinations

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