Sycamore, Illinois: Judge grants innocence certificate to Jack McCullough in 1957 Illinois killing

Badly botched police work & prosecution, lost an eye in prison before he was eventually released.

Jack McCullough​

Judge grants innocence certificate in 1957 Illinois killing

An Illinois judge on Wednesday granted a certificate of innocence to a Washington state man who was wrongfully convicted in 2012 of the 1957 kidnapping and killing of a 7-year-old girl, clearing the way for him to sue Illinois. Jack McCullough said at a hearing last week that he's been portrayed as a monster and that people still think of him as one, and that he wants justice. DeKalb County Associate Judge William Brady granted McCullough a certificate of innocence, which would allow him to sue Illinois for damages for wrongly convicting him in Maria Ridulph's killing. "Is it more ...

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