| Source | WBEZ |
|---|---|
| Original Load Date | May 12, 2026, 11:01 a.m. |
| Last Updated | May 12, 2026, 11:01 a.m. |
| Original URL | https://www.wbez.org/criminal-justice/2026/05/12/nicole-gonzalez-van-cleve-crime-fictions-cook-county-wrongful-conviction-false-confession-racism |
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Cook County is known as the wrongful-conviction capital of America.
[ The National Registry of Exonerations ][13] includes 215 murder cases that
have been cleared here since 1989 — far more than in any other U.S. county.
Brown University sociologist Nicole Gonzalez Van Cleve is out next week with a...