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MEDILL INNOCENCE PROJECT RAISES DOUBTS IN A ‘SHAKEN-BABY’ MURDER CONVICTION

EVANSTON, Ill., December 11, 2012 -- Based on developments in science and interviews with numerous medical experts, an in-depth investigation by the Medill Innocence Project at Northwestern University raises significant questions about the murder conviction of a Chicago-area licensed day care provider in the death of a young child nearly two decades ago. This is the Medill Innocence Project’s first published investigation of a shaken-baby syndrome case, published today at www.medillinnocenceproject.org. Pamela Jacobazzi, now 57, is serving a 32-year prison sentence for the death of

MEDILL INNOCENCE PROJECT EXAMINES CONVICTIONS IN DEATHS ATTRIBUTED TO SHAKEN BABY SYNDROME

EVANSTON, Ill., October 2, 2012 -- The Medill Innocence Project at Northwestern University has begun investigating cases of potential miscarriage of justice where caregivers have been convicted of shaking infants and causing damage that leads to death – known as shaken-baby syndrome. The project is looking into two cases in the Chicago area and is also putting together what will be the first publicly available national database of such cases. Project director Professor Alec Klein said the Medill Innocence Project previously did not accept shaken-baby syndrome cases for its

MEDILL INNOCENCE PROJECT STUDENTS PUBLISH GROUNDBREAKING STORIES ABOUT MURDER VICTIM AND ELUSIVE EYEWITNESS

For the first time in the Medill Innocence Project’s 13-year history, students tell the victim’s story and publish an article about co-defendant of Illinois inmate Ariel Gomez who disputes Gomez’s claims of innocenceEVANSTON, Ill., March 14, 2012 -- Northwestern University journalism students supported by the Medill Innocence Project have published two groundbreaking stories: a profile of the murder victim’s wife and another based on interviews with a key eyewitness who said his childhood friend, Ariel Gomez, is guilty of the murder for which he was convicted. Students have been

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