http://www.windycitizen.com/tag/center-on-wrongful-convictions The latest reader-recommended stories from Chicago. en http://www.windycitizen.com/chicago/crime/2009/11/10/demand-dna-testing-johnnie-lee-savory <img src="http://www.windycitizen.com/files/files/johnnie .jpg" style="height:72px;" align="right"/> <p><!--paging_filter-->Center on Wrongful Conviction client Johnnie Savory spent 30 years in Illinois' prisons for a crime he did not commit. Justice for Savory, a Windy Citizen blog, is going to collect one signature for every day Johnnie was wrongfully incarcerated. We're then going to take our petition to Governor Quinn and demand that he order DNA testing in this case.</p> ipetitions.com <p><a href="http://www.windycitizen.com/chicago/crime/2009/11/10/demand-dna-testing-johnnie-lee-savory">read more</a></p> http://www.windycitizen.com/chicago/crime/2009/11/10/demand-dna-testing-johnnie-lee-savory#comments Crime Governor http://www.windycitizen.com/blogs/justiceforsavory Illinois Illinois,United States Johnnie Lee Johnnie Lee Savory Center on Wrongful Conviction Johnnie Savory Quinn Center on Wrongful Convictions DNA testing Governor Pat Quinn johnnie lee savory Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:58:28 -0600 19709 at http://www.windycitizen.com http://www.windycitizen.com/blogs/justice-savory/2009/11/10/justice-denied-voices-endure-emmett-till-johnnie-lee-savory <p><!--paging_filter--><img src="/files/e&amp;j.jpg" alt="Emmitt and Johnnie" align="left" border="5" height="138" hspace="5" vspace="5" width="242" /><br /> <b>Emmett Till</b> </p> <p><div class="og_rss_groups"><ul class="links"><li class="first last og_links"><a href="/blogs/justiceforsavory" class="og_links">Justice for Savory</a></li> </ul></div><p><a href="http://www.windycitizen.com/blogs/justice-savory/2009/11/10/justice-denied-voices-endure-emmett-till-johnnie-lee-savory">read more</a></p> http://www.windycitizen.com/blogs/justice-savory/2009/11/10/justice-denied-voices-endure-emmett-till-johnnie-lee-savory#comments Crime Center on Wrongful Convictions civil rights DNA Emmett Till wrongful convictions Justice for Savory Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:22:28 -0600 19694 at http://www.windycitizen.com http://www.windycitizen.com/%7Ejusticeforsavory/2009/05/22/listen-to-podcast-about-johnnie-lee-savorys-fight-for-dna-testing <p><!--paging_filter--><br /> <div class="og_rss_groups"><ul class="links"><li class="first last og_links"><a href="/blogs/justiceforsavory" class="og_links">Justice for Savory</a></li> </ul></div><p><a href="http://www.windycitizen.com/%7Ejusticeforsavory/2009/05/22/listen-to-podcast-about-johnnie-lee-savorys-fight-for-dna-testing">read more</a></p> http://www.windycitizen.com/%7Ejusticeforsavory/2009/05/22/listen-to-podcast-about-johnnie-lee-savorys-fight-for-dna-testing#comments Crime Center on Wrongful Convictions DNA evidence exoneration johnnie lee savory new york times steve drizin Justice for Savory Fri, 22 May 2009 12:46:59 -0500 8863 at http://www.windycitizen.com http://www.windycitizen.com/%7Ejusticeforsavory/2009/05/18/justice-needs-you-demand-dna-testing-for-johnnie-lee-savory <p><!--paging_filter--><br /> <div class="og_rss_groups"><ul class="links"><li class="first last og_links"><a href="/blogs/justiceforsavory" class="og_links">Justice for Savory</a></li> </ul></div><p><a href="http://www.windycitizen.com/%7Ejusticeforsavory/2009/05/18/justice-needs-you-demand-dna-testing-for-johnnie-lee-savory">read more</a></p> http://www.windycitizen.com/%7Ejusticeforsavory/2009/05/18/justice-needs-you-demand-dna-testing-for-johnnie-lee-savory#comments Crime Center on Wrongful Convictions DNA evidence exoneration johnnie lee savory new york times Justice for Savory Mon, 18 May 2009 10:34:28 -0500 8654 at http://www.windycitizen.com http://www.windycitizen.com/chicago/crime/2009/05/18/windy-city-blogger-in-new-york-times <img src="http://www.windycitizen.com/files/" style="height:72px;" align="right"/> <p>The front page of The New York Times features Johnnie Lee Savory in a story about prosecutors resistance: <a href="http://justiceforsavory.windycitizen.com/" title="http://justiceforsavory.windycitizen.com/">http://justiceforsavory.windycitizen.com/</a></p> nytimes.com http://www.windycitizen.com/chicago/crime/2009/05/18/windy-city-blogger-in-new-york-times#comments Crime Center on Wrongful Convictions johnnie lee savory new york times wrongful convictions Mon, 18 May 2009 08:52:52 -0500 8638 at http://www.windycitizen.com http://www.windycitizen.com/chicago/cubs/2009/05/05/recently-exonerated-man-dying-to-see-a-cubs-game <img src="http://www.windycitizen.com/files/" style="height:72px;" align="right"/> <p>Talk about a real Cubs fan. Thaddeus Jimenez spent 16 years in prison for a crime he did not commit. He was exonerated May 1, 2009. Now that he is a free man, all he wants is to go to a Cubs game.</p> timesoftheinternet.com <p><a href="http://www.windycitizen.com/chicago/cubs/2009/05/05/recently-exonerated-man-dying-to-see-a-cubs-game">read more</a></p> http://www.windycitizen.com/chicago/cubs/2009/05/05/recently-exonerated-man-dying-to-see-a-cubs-game#comments Cubs Center on Wrongful Convictions Chicago Cubs exoneration Thaddeus Jiminez Tue, 05 May 2009 22:09:45 -0500 8241 at http://www.windycitizen.com http://www.windycitizen.com/%7Ejusticeforsavory/2008/10/02/watch-johnnies-latest-video-a-battle-is-won-but-the-fight-continues <p><!--paging_filter-->In <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nooRmiQqNUQ" target="_blank">&quot;A Battle is Won, But the Fight Continues,&quot;</a> Johnnie talks about how he brought together the people and organizatio</p> <div class="og_rss_groups"><ul class="links"><li class="first last og_links"><a href="/blogs/justiceforsavory" class="og_links">Justice for Savory</a></li> </ul></div><p><a href="http://www.windycitizen.com/%7Ejusticeforsavory/2008/10/02/watch-johnnies-latest-video-a-battle-is-won-but-the-fight-continues">read more</a></p> http://www.windycitizen.com/%7Ejusticeforsavory/2008/10/02/watch-johnnies-latest-video-a-battle-is-won-but-the-fight-continues#comments Crime Association in Defence of the Wrongly Convicted Center on Wrongful Convictions DNA evidence exoneration false confessions Johnnie Savory The Innocent Project Justice for Savory Thu, 02 Oct 2008 22:46:17 -0500 3063 at http://www.windycitizen.com http://www.windycitizen.com/%7Ejusticeforsavory/2008/09/27/why-wont-peoria-states-attorney-kevin-order-dna-testing-for-johnnie-lee <p><!--paging_filter--><br /> <div class="og_rss_groups"><ul class="links"><li class="first last og_links"><a href="/blogs/justiceforsavory" class="og_links">Justice for Savory</a></li> </ul></div><p><a href="http://www.windycitizen.com/%7Ejusticeforsavory/2008/09/27/why-wont-peoria-states-attorney-kevin-order-dna-testing-for-johnnie-lee">read more</a></p> http://www.windycitizen.com/%7Ejusticeforsavory/2008/09/27/why-wont-peoria-states-attorney-kevin-order-dna-testing-for-johnnie-lee#comments Crime Center on Wrongful Convictions DNA evidence false confession Illinois johnnie lee savory Kevin Lyons peoria Peoria County State&#039;s Attorney rob warden wrongfully accused Justice for Savory Sat, 27 Sep 2008 13:34:56 -0500 2966 at http://www.windycitizen.com http://www.windycitizen.com/%7Ejusticeforsavory/2008/09/23/%E2%80%9Cin-the-palm-of-some-fool%E2%80%99s-hand%E2%80%9D-peoria-states-attorney-kevin-lyons-an <p><!--paging_filter--> <p> <i>How can the life of such a man<br /> Be in the palm of some fool's hand?<br /> To see him obviously framed<br /> Couldn’t help but make me feel ashamed <br /> To live in a land where justice is a game.</i><i></i><br /> -Bob Dylan, &quot;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubin_Carter" target="_blank">Hurricane</a>&quot; </p> <div class="og_rss_groups"><ul class="links"><li class="first last og_links"><a href="/blogs/justiceforsavory" class="og_links">Justice for Savory</a></li> </ul></div><p><a href="http://www.windycitizen.com/%7Ejusticeforsavory/2008/09/23/%E2%80%9Cin-the-palm-of-some-fool%E2%80%99s-hand%E2%80%9D-peoria-states-attorney-kevin-lyons-an">read more</a></p> http://www.windycitizen.com/%7Ejusticeforsavory/2008/09/23/%E2%80%9Cin-the-palm-of-some-fool%E2%80%99s-hand%E2%80%9D-peoria-states-attorney-kevin-lyons-an#comments Crime Center on Wrongful Convictions DNA exoneration false confession innocence Kevin Lyons Peoria County State&#039;s Attorney prison wrongful convictions Justice for Savory Tue, 23 Sep 2008 21:59:37 -0500 2908 at http://www.windycitizen.com http://www.windycitizen.com/%7Ejusticeforsavory/2008/09/11/get-busy-living-or-get-busy-dying <p><!--paging_filter-->Johnnie Lee Savory's story exemplifies what he calls the &quot;awkward wrath of a broken criminal justice system.&quot;  </p> <div class="og_rss_groups"><ul class="links"><li class="first last og_links"><a href="/blogs/justiceforsavory" class="og_links">Justice for Savory</a></li> </ul></div><p><a href="http://www.windycitizen.com/%7Ejusticeforsavory/2008/09/11/get-busy-living-or-get-busy-dying">read more</a></p> http://www.windycitizen.com/%7Ejusticeforsavory/2008/09/11/get-busy-living-or-get-busy-dying#comments Politics Center on Wrongful Convictions DNA evidence false confession Justice prison Justice for Savory Thu, 11 Sep 2008 15:29:23 -0500 2759 at http://www.windycitizen.com