{"id":2804,"date":"2021-12-12T11:34:11","date_gmt":"2021-12-12T18:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/freebart.org\/?p=2804"},"modified":"2021-12-12T11:34:12","modified_gmt":"2021-12-12T18:34:12","slug":"2021-december-10-news-article-wmbd-cbs-state-looks-to-dismiss-bart-mcneils-request-for-a-new-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/freebart.org\/?p=2804","title":{"rendered":"2021 December 10 News Article \u2013 WMBD (CBS) \u2013 State looks to dismiss Bart McNeil’s request for a new trial"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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by:\u00a0Austin Schick<\/a><\/strong>
Posted:\u00a0Dec 10, 2021 \/ 06:17 PM CST\u00a0\/\u00a0Updated:\u00a0Dec 10, 2021 \/ 06:21 PM CST<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (WMBD) \u2014 The fight for a Bloomington man\u2019s freedom was delayed Friday after state prosecutors told a judge they are seeking a dismissal in a retrial for a 1998 murder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Barton McNeil\u2019s hopes for an evidentiary hearing was delayed almost half a year. McNeil is serving a 100-year prison sentence for the 1998 murder of his daughter, Christina.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At Friday\u2019s 10-minute hearing, McNeil appeared on behalf of his five lawyers from the Illinois Innocence and Illinois Exoneration Projects, who agreed to another hearing in May 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In November, prosecutors told Judge William Yoder the state was considering skipping the file of dismissal and moving straight into a hearing of new evidence. However, Mary Koll said that was no longer the case and the state believes there\u2019s no point in a new trial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Barton McNeil could soon have hearing on new evidence <\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since 1998, McNeil has maintained his innocence and told WMBD earlier this year that all the evidence places the crime on his ex-girlfriend, Misook Nowlin-Wang. McNeil and his innocence lawyers have also slammed the state\u2019s handling of the 1999 trial and the \u201cevidence\u201d used to convict him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

McNeil told WMBD earlier this year, that in 1999 the State argued he sexually abused his daughter. A claim McNeil has unmistakably denied numerous times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI never laid a finger on her or raised my voice,\u201d McNeil said in a September interview from prison with WMBD.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Convicted murderer\u2019s 23-year-old case receives national attention ahead of November court date <\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

McNeil\u2019s ex-girlfriend, Misook Nowlin is now serving her own prison sentence for the 2011 murder of her mother-in-law, Linda Tyda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After Friday\u2019s hearing reporters talked with one of McNeil\u2019s former co-workers and friends, Jeff Boyer who backed up McNeil\u2019s claims of Nowlin\u2019s presumed involvement, saying she was \u201ccombative\u201d and \u201ccombustible\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Boyer said Friday\u2019s outcome is disappointing but said the fight for justice is far from over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s the process we have to go through and there\u2019s been some momentum building up to this point; I think that\u2019s the thing to keep in perspective here is that getting justice for Christina and for Bart is going to take some time,\u201d Boyer said. \u201cIf they can go through the process and present their evidence then hopefully this man will be set free because there\u2019s a lot of us here that knew Bart as a kind and loving person.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The State has until April 1 to file its motion to dismiss the appeal. McNeil\u2019s case will be heard again on May 14, 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

McNeil is expected to be there in person.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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