Government shakedown?

Cancel 2018. 3

<-- sched 2, MJ sched 1
Innocence Project professor pulled from class

EVANSTON, Ill. – A Northwestern University journalism professor whose students are credited with helping to free more than 10 innocent men from prison — including death row — has been pulled from the class that made him famous amid allegations of ethics violations.

David Protess told the Chicago Tribune he was notified by email this week that he wouldn't be teaching the investigative journalism course for the upcoming quarter.

He will continue as director of the Medill Innocence Project, but he said he doesn't know whether the project will continue to be affiliated with the class. Investigative journalism students usually conduct the project's investigations.

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But the Innocence Project's recent investigation of Anthony McKinney, who is serving a life sentence for the 1978 murder of a security guard, has brought scrutiny of the students and their reporting methods. The Cook County State's Attorney's office has subpoenaed the students' notes and grades, suggesting that students may have received better grades from Protess for uncovering evidence of the man's innocence.

Protess and his students have vigorously denied those allegations, and a lawyer hired by the university defended Protess in criminal court until he abruptly resigned last fall, telling Protess in an email obtained by the Chicago Tribune that, "We believe that you have displayed a lack of candor with us and have not cooperated with us."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_wrongful_conviction_grades

this doesn't pass my smell test

STY...your thoughts?
 
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