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Crime Murder Public Safety Wrongful Convictions

How I Became a Citizen Advocate

Convictions of six Wisconsin men captured my attention, changed my life

Six years ago, Joan Treppa learned about a group of six Green Bay, Wisconsin men convicted of murdering their co-worker in 1995. Treppa shares how she became a "citizen advocate" to help fight to free these men--who she believes are innocent.

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adminNovember 12, 2015

Crime Murder Public Safety Wrongful Convictions Youth

The Wrongful Conviction I’ll Never Forget

How police corralled a 10-year-old boy into falsely confessing to murder

In 1994, The Reporters Inc.'s Mark Saxenmeyer reported the verdict: A 10-year-old Chicago boy had been convicted of killing his neighbor, an 84-year-old woman. Even though the boy had confessed to the crime, Saxenmeyer kept thinking to himself "This kid didn't do it."

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Mark SaxenmeyerSeptember 8, 2015

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