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Judge overturns 1957 cold case murder conviction; Jack McCullough goes free

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CNN, ANN O’NEILL, APRIL 17, 2016 Sycamore, Illinois (CNN) — The man convicted in the oldest cold case ever brought to court broke into a wide grin as a judge ordered him released from prison Friday and granted him a new trial. Jack McCullough, 76, was serving a life sentence for the 1957 murder of 7-year-old Maria Ridulph.…

April 17, 2016
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The murder that became the oldest solved cold case in America

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Daily Chronicle, By KATIE SMITH, APRIL 15, 2016 – SYCAMORE – Jack McCullough walked free Friday for the first time since his 2011 arrest after a DeKalb County judge vacated his murder conviction, and he could be less than a week away from vindication. McCullough, 76, was released on his own recognizance after Judge William Brady ruled…

April 15, 2016
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Judge Vacates Conviction of Man Accused of 1957 Killing of Illinois Girl

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The New York Times, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, APRIL 15, 2016 CHICAGO — A 76-year-old man who a prosecutor says was wrongly convicted in the 1957 killing of an Illinois schoolgirl was released from prison Friday shortly after a judge vacated his conviction, meaning one of the oldest cold cases tried in the nation’s history has officially…

April 15, 2016
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