Georgia Garvey reports: Two witnesses told investigators they were paid during a probe by Northwestern University journalism students into a 1978 shotgun slaying that the students believe unjustly sent a Harvey man to prison for life, prosecutors alleged Tuesday. The witnesses told investigators with the Cook County state’s attorney’s office that they were given money…
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Medill Case: Are Student Journalists Protected?
Dan Fletcher of Time writes about a case reported here earlier this week: Northwestern University is dealing with a class project that may have become too successful. From 2003 to 2006, students at the university’s Medill School of Journalism investigated the evidence surrounding the murder conviction of Anthony McKinney, who was sentenced to life in…