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Archive Home > 2011 > December > 11 > Court reverses the conviction of man jailed for 19 years

Court reverses the conviction of man jailed for 19 years

By Andrew Martin / The Bulletin
December 11, 2011

In an opinion that harshly criticizes the tactics of the police and prosecutors, an Illinois appellate court on Friday night reversed the conviction of Juan Rivera, who has spent 19 years in jail for the 1992 rape and murder of an 11-year-old baby sitter in a suburb of Chicago.

Rivera, 39 and....

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