Barton McNeil Incident Year: 1998 Jurisdiction: McLean County, IllinoisCharge: Murder/Intent to Kill/InjureSentence: 100 yearsYear of Conviction: 1999Contributing Causes: Ineffective Assistance of Counsel, Prosecutorial Misconduct, Faulty ForensicsRepresentation: Illinois Innocence Project  On June 15th, 1998, a divorced father, Barton Monroe McNeil, also known as Bart, had custody of his daughter Christina for …

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