STORY: "Chester Weger's attorney says he plans to file for post-conviction relief," by News Director Tim Shelley, published by WCBU Peoria Public Radio, on December 9, 2022.
GIST: "The attorney representing Chester Weger says he'll file a petition for post-conviction relief in LaSalle County because the special prosecutor won't vacate his 83-year-old client's 1961 murder conviction.
That claim was made in a recent podcast produced by attorney Andy Hale.
The Will County State's Attorney Office says it's still reviewing the materials Hale submitted.
Assistant State's Attorney Carole Cheney says a post-conviction petition is the proper procedure, and they suggested Hale submit the petition while the review continues given his concern the matter is of a time-sensitive nature.
Weger was convicted of the 1960 murders of three women in Starved Rock State Park.
He was one of the longest-incarcerated people in Illinois history before his 2020 parole."
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PUBLISHER'S NOTE: I am monitoring this case/issue/resurce. Keep your eye on the Charles Smith Blog for reports on developments. The Toronto Star, my previous employer for more than twenty incredible years, has put considerable effort into exposing the harm caused by Dr. Charles Smith and his protectors - and into pushing for reform of Ontario's forensic pediatric pathology system. The Star has a "topic" section which focuses on recent stories related to Dr. Charles Smith. It can be found at: http://www.thestar.com/
SEE BREAKDOWN OF SOME OF THE ON-GOING INTERNATIONAL CASES (OUTSIDE OF THE CONTINENTAL USA) THAT I AM FOLLOWING ON THIS BLOG, AT THE LINK BELOW: HL:
https://www.blogger.com/blog/
FINAL WORD: (Applicable to all of our wrongful conviction cases): "Whenever there is a wrongful conviction, it exposes errors in our criminal legal system, and we hope that this case — and lessons from it — can prevent future injustices."
Lawyer Radha Natarajan:
Executive Director: New England Innocence Project;
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FINAL, FINAL WORD: "Since its inception, the Innocence Project has pushed the criminal legal system to confront and correct the laws and policies that cause and contribute to wrongful convictions. They never shied away from the hard cases — the ones involving eyewitness identifications, confessions, and bite marks. Instead, in the course of presenting scientific evidence of innocence, they've exposed the unreliability of evidence that was, for centuries, deemed untouchable." So true!
Christina Swarns: Executive Director: The Innocence Project;
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