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2022 September 29 News Article – Illinois Times + 60 other Illinois newspapers – Exonerating the Innocent. Opinion piece by Scott Reeder, former host of WGLT NPR podcast “Suspect Convictions”

By Scott Reeder | September 29, 2022 Exonerating the innocent Every once in a while, you meet someone who changes...

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Recent News

  • 2022 October 24 News Article – WGLT NPR News – Judge allows hearing on confession claim in Bart McNeil’s murder case appeal
  • 2022 October 25 News Article – The Pantagraph Newspaper – Judge allows hearing in 1998 Bloomington murder case appeal
  • 2022 October 25 News Article – WMBD CBS/Fox News – Judge tosses out all but one piece of evidence in McNeil appeal
  • 2022 September 29 News Article – NBC Week-25 News – McLean County group asking for review of possible wrongful conviction 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

  • How to visit Barton in prison. You just need to get on his allowed visitors list and give the prison a week’s notice. Barton appreciates visits from all who seek him out.
  • Misook FAILS Polygraph Exam that asks 4 key questions regarding the evening of the murder such as “did you suffocate Christina?”
  • Bloomington Police Detectives remove victim’s window screen with the screen falling out of its frame due to gravity itself
  • Episode 4 of Suspect Convictions – “True Crime with Aphrodite Jones” weighs in on Barton McNeil case

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

Wrongful Conviction Related

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

You may have missed

  • Court Documents

Motion in Limine aka Motion to Deny Evidence Favorable to a Defendant. The “tool” used by Prosecutors that prevented Barton from uttering the word “Misook” in his bench trial

  • Barton's Story

The Ongoing Wrongful Conviction of Barton McNeil and True Story of an Orchestrated Getaway of a Known Child Killer

  • Current News Articles

2022 October 24 News Article – WGLT NPR News – Judge allows hearing on confession claim in Bart McNeil’s murder case appeal

  • Current News Articles

2022 October 25 News Article – The Pantagraph Newspaper – Judge allows hearing in 1998 Bloomington murder case appeal

  • Current News Articles

2022 October 25 News Article – WMBD CBS/Fox News – Judge tosses out all but one piece of evidence in McNeil appeal

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