Case of Rico Clark Illinois Prisoner Review Board
CHICAGO -- The Illinois Prisoner Review Board is currently reviewing a clemency petition for a Chicago man serving a 55-year sentence for a murder he said he didn't commit.Rico Clark's supporters gathered outside his hearing this morning in the Loop.CBS 2 Investigator Megan Hickey has more on the case and why many feel he deserves clemency.
Their supporters point to a potential conflict of interest — noting that Forberg was married to a former assistant state attorney in the Conviction Integrity Unit. Also of note, Clark's defense attorney was later disbarred for misconduct.'This brother who they're saying did the crime is not the one who did the crime, said Merawi Gerima of the Campaign to Free Incarcerated Survivors of Police Torture.
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