
Joe Mahr
Investigative Reporter at Chicago Tribune
Chicago Tribune investigative reporter. Ohio native. Co-recipient of Pulitzer + finalist. To know it's the real me, follow link below & confirm @ address.
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2 weeks ago |
propublica.org | Stacy St. Clair |Jodi S. Cohen |Joe Mahr |Jeremy Schwartz
ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches, a newsletter that spotlights wrongdoing around the country, to receive our stories in your inbox every week. College athletes can make money from the use of their name, image and likeness — known as NIL. Athletes are supposed to disclose their NIL deals. But at the University of Illinois, that has failed to happen, a violation of state law.
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1 month ago |
flcourier.com | Joe Mahr |Sam Charles
A federal jury in Chicago awarded $120 million in damages Monday to two wrongfully convicted men who spent more than 15 years in prison, a pair who alleged they were railroaded in a bogus investigation at the hands of Chicago Police detectives and Cook County prosecutors. John Fulton and Anthony Mitchell were teens when they were arrested in the 2003 murder of Christopher Collazo in the Back of the Yards neighborhood. Both were convicted and sentenced to 31 years in prison.
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gazettextra.com | Joe Mahr |Sam Charles
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swoknews.com | Joe Mahr |Sam Charles
A federal jury in Chicago awarded $120 million in damages Monday to two wrongfully convicted men who spent more than 15 years in prison, a pair who alleged they were railroaded in a bogus investigation at the hands of Chicago Police detectives and Cook County prosecutors. John Fulton and Anthony Mitchell were teens when they were arrested in the 2003 murder of Christopher Collazo in the Back of the Yards neighborhood. Both were convicted and sentenced to 31 years in prison.
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thebrunswicknews.com | Joe Mahr |Sam Charles
A federal jury in Chicago awarded $120 million in damages Monday to two wrongfully convicted men who spent more than 15 years in prison, a pair who alleged they were railroaded in a bogus investigation at the hands of Chicago Police detectives and Cook County prosecutors. John Fulton and Anthony Mitchell were teens when they were arrested in the 2003 murder of Christopher Collazo in the Back of the Yards neighborhood. Both were convicted and sentenced to 31 years in prison.
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RT @royalpratt: The @chicagotribune corruption series ends with a thorough story on how Illinois can address its problems: Corruption has b…

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