Category: Wrongful Convictions

• September 3, 2020

  Richard Wanke’s Appeal to the US Supreme Court!

  Richard Wanke has recently submitted a Writ of Certiorari to the United States Supreme Court. The appeal filing was due this week after an extension was granted by the Court due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Writ was authored by the defendant pro se, meaning an attorney has not been appointed in this appeal thus…
• November 10, 2017

  Suspect Convictions Episode 3 on Christina McNeil murder case.

  http://wglt.org/post/suspect-convictions-episode-3-does-modern-forensics-undercut-sex-assault-motive (Click here) Scott Reeder and Willis Kern get caught up in this episode discussing the emotionally charged allegation that Christina McNeil was sexually abused before death. The sensationalism of his allegation would certainly have swayed anyone towards convicting Barton McNeil. Yet there was no DNA, no penetration; just a little redness, swelling, and slight…
• November 5, 2017

  Suspect Convictions Podcast: Episode 2, Window Reveals Web Evidence

  This is the 2nd episode of Scott Reeder’s Suspect Convictions Podcast detailing the 1998 Bloomington, IL murder case of 3-yr old Christina McNeil. Her father was convicted of her murder and sentenced to life in prison. He is fighting for his exoneration with the help of the IL Innocence Project. Suspect Convictions Episode 2 (Click…
• October 23, 2017

  “Suspect Convictions” 2nd season airing now on WGLT.org

  Link to Episode One of the Suspect Convictions featuring the Christina McNeil murder:  http://wglt.org/post/suspect-convictions-episode-1-frantic-911-calls-reveal-fathers-grief This first episode describes Barton finding his daughter Christina dead in her bed and frantically calling 911. Police initially treated her death as natural. Later that day, Bart found signs of entry in her bedroom and called the police back to…

• Protected: How the Police Investigation of the Greg Clark Murder proves that Richard Wanke did not kill Greg Clark

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• February 27, 2015

  Welcome To This Blog

  Covid has increased inmate release from jails and prisons only a little. Much remains to be done to correct conditions inside and to improve medical care. To access our page regarding current information for Coronavirus in our jails and prisons, please follow and click the red link here>> IDOC INMATE EARLY RELEASE AGENCY PAGE and…