During the past 35 years, over 3,500 wrongfully convicted Americans have been exonerated and set free. Combined, they served over 32,000 years in prisons from coast to coast. The injustice is everywhere — no state has managed to avoid wrongful convictions. Some states, though, have miserable histories of convicting innocent people. Not surprisingly, Texas leads the nation.

Illinois is a close second.

The case of Jamie Snow is a shocking example of how the criminal justice system in Bloomington was abused by the very authorities entrusted to uphold the law.

Twenty-four years ago, Jamie was convicted of murdering William Little, a man he never met. Little was working as a gas station attendant in Bloomington when he was killed in a robbery that netted someone less than $100. The real kil

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