Federal Judge Rules No Reasonable Jury Would Find Daycare Worker Guilty

  

 

In January 2014, U.S. District Court Judge Matthew F. Kennelly ruled "no reasonable jury" would find Jennifer Del Prete guilty of murder, citing new evidence, including a 10-year-old police detective letter discovered by The Medill Justice Project. 

 

 

 

  

  

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MJP murder investigation in Iowa published as a two-part series in the Quad-City Times
 

In December 2013, a Medill Justice Project murder investigation was published as a two-part series on page one of the Quad-City Times. MJP uncovered information that challenged the key fingerprint evidence in the 2003 investigation. Chad Enderle, convicted of first-degree murder, was sentenced to life in prison in December 2003. 

 

 


MJP shaken-baby syndrome investigation named one of the best health stories of 2013 

 

In December 2013, Reporting on Health contributing editor William Heisel selected a Medill Justice Project investigation on shaken-baby syndrome as one of the five best health stories of 2013. Reporting on Health is an online community for The California Endowment Health Journalism Fellowships, a program founded in 2005 by the University of Southern California Annenberg School of Communication & Journalism. 

 

 

 

 

 

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MJP publishes The Medill Justice Project Ethics Book

 

 

In January 2014, MJP published The Medill Justice Project Ethics Book as a guide for student and professional journalists.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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