COMPENSATING THE WRONGFULLY CONVICTED
Those who have served time in prison for crimes they did not commit deserve to be compensated for their ordeal. By using both civil rights litigation and state laws that provide for compensation awards in such cases, the Roderick MacArthur Justice Center (the Justice Center) works to win compensation for innocents who have served time in prison. MJC has represented 2 of the 13 men exonerated from the Illinois death row in clemency and court of claims proceedings that resulted in compensation awards for their time unjustly spent in Illinois prisons. In appropriate cases, the Justice Center also pursues civil rights litigation against those who wrongfully prosecute the innocent.
- PBS Show Investigates Nebraska Police's Attempt to Wrongfully Convict Matthew Livers
- Ronald Kitchen Sues Burge, Daley, Others for Torture and Wrongful Conviction
- Beaman Sues Cops, Prosecutors Who Plotted His Wrongful Conviction
- Court Orders Release Of Innocent Burge Torture Victim From Prison
- Justice Center Files Lawsuit on Behalf of Wrongfully Convicted Man Matthew Livers
- Justice Center files lawsuit on behalf of wrongfully convicted man Marlon Pendleton
- Justice Center Files Lawsuit against Chicago police and others on behalf of Robert Wilson who was wrongfully convicted
- Jury rejects damages for wrongfully convicted Illinois man, Justice Center appeals
- Corethian Bell v. Chicago Police Department
- Willis v. Fish
- Evans v. City of Chicago
- Statutory Compensation for the Wrongfully Convicted
