Patrick Pursley Incident Year:  1993Jurisdiction: Winnebago County, IllinoisCharge: Murder/Intent to Kill/InjureSentence: Life without ParoleYear of Conviction: 1994Contributing Causes: Ineffective Assistance of Counsel, Prosecutorial Misconduct, Unreliable or Improper Forensics, Jailhouse InformantsRepresentation: Jenner & Block  In 1994, Patrick Pursley was wrongfully convicted of murder in an apparent robbery. Despite irrefutable evidence, the …

Denny Petitt Incident Year:  2009Jurisdiction: Sangamon County, IllinoisCharge: Murder/Intent to Kill/InjureSentence: 30 years Year of Conviction: 2010Contributing Causes: Ineffective Assistance of Counsel, Prosecutorial Overreaching, Unreliable or Improper Forensics, Jury MisconductRepresentation: Richard H. McLeese  In 2010, Denny Petitt was wrongfully convicted of murdering his brother. Denny acted instinctively in self-defense, as …