{"id":2987,"date":"2022-05-12T08:55:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-12T14:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/freebart.org\/?p=2987"},"modified":"2022-08-06T09:13:29","modified_gmt":"2022-08-06T15:13:29","slug":"2022-may-12-news-article-wmbd-cbs-news-barton-mcneils-team-provides-proof-of-innocence-in-court-thursday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/freebart.org\/?p=2987","title":{"rendered":"2022 May 12 News Article – WMBD CBS News – Barton McNeil\u2019s team provides \u2018proof of innocence\u2019 in court Thursday"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

by: Austin Schick<\/a>, Mike Smith<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Posted: May 12, 2022 \/ 04:17 PM CDT<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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https:\/\/www.centralillinoisproud.com\/news\/local-news\/mcneils-team-provides-proof-of-innocence-in-court-wednesday\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (WMBD) \u2014 A Bloomington man convicted of murder in 1999 is awaiting a judge\u2019s decision pertaining to newly found evidence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Barton McNeil appeared in court for the first time in years Thursday afternoon and will wait 60 days to see if new evidence will advance to an evidentiary hearing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both the state and McNeil\u2019s innocence teams argued their stances in court. State\u2019s Attorney Mary Koll asked for most of the evidence to be dismissed, while McNeil\u2019s lawyers asked for all the evidence to be presented to a judge.Bart McNeil looks to prove innocence in daughter\u2019s murder<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Koll argued most of the evidence, including touch DNA, is not new or material to the case. She also argued the fact McNeil\u2019s ex-lover, Misook Nowlin, killed her mother-in-law in 2011 is also not related to the case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, the Innocence team argues this isn\u2019t the time to decide innocence or guilt, rather if the new evidence can be used at a later hearing so the court can decide whether or not the material is conclusive or not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both the state and defense have agreed to an evidentiary hearing regardless, that\u2019s related to two confessions Nowlin made to her ex-husband that she killed Christina McNeil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The defense attorneys argue that both Christina McNeil\u2019s murder and the murder of Nowlin\u2019s mother-in-law were revenge on her exes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The defense team argues that the state is trying to make it, so McNeil cannot use any new evidence that proves Nowlin\u2019s guilt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMary Koll uses the word if well you can\u2019t answer the word if unless you see all of the evidence before you so if there\u2019s a question that she has if then you need to therefore see all of the evidence,\u201d said McNeil\u2019s cousin, Chris Ross.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The judge decided to take the case under advisement for 60 days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe whole thing is absolutely ridiculous that the state has put him in prison for so long for something he hasn\u2019t done, and they want to move so slow on doing the right thing. My opinion, they\u2019re waiting for him to die in there and just forget they ever did any wrongdoing,\u201d said Larry Mize, a friend of McNeil\u2019s since high school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Click THIS LINK<\/a> to see Barton McNeil’s cousin’s comments following the May 12th hearing<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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