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The 1998 Wrongful Conviction of Bloomington, IL Barton McNeil

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2024 March 1st – Breaking News: Scandal in Bloomington! 1998 Bloomington Police withheld evidence about murder

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

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1999 July 7 News Article – Murder case verdict due today

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1999 May 6 News Article – Judge denies more DNA tests in child-slaying case

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1998 August 22 News Article – Father accused of murder shows girl’s photo to 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
  • 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
  • 2025 March 27 NEWS ARTICLE WGLT NPR – Barton McNeil and Jamie Snow seek to overturn new trial denials in back-to-back hearings at ISU
  • Hear Barton McNeil advocates and see the passage of time in America’s Worst Wrongful Conviction Case

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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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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