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What does Lake County have against DNA evidence?

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This post concludes with a wrongful conviction everyone in the Chicago area should know about. It's the case of Juan Rivera--a Lake County resident who was recently convicted of rape and murder despite DNA evidence that excluded him as the source of semen found in the victim's body. There have been 242 DNA-based exonerations in the U.S. that look exactly like Rivera's case. What makes Lake County different from most jurisdictions in this country?

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By John Maki
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