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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 …

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