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Journalist with the Chicago-based Invisible Institute, which explores police misconduct complaints. She is the author of the recent book, Exoneree Diaries: The Fight for Innocence, Independence, and Identity. Her recent article in the Chicago Reader is “Charged with Murder, But They Didn’t Kill Anyone—Police Did.”

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A Shocking Story of How a Chicago Cop Killed a Teen — Then Locked Up His Best Friend for the Murder

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