Left, attorney Don Jackson with attorney Andy Hale partially hidden, stand in front of Cleve Heidelberg who is speaking with the Rev. Jesse Jackson of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition. Right, Cleve Heidelberg’s sister Mae Winston speaks at a press conference after learning her brother will be released on bail. BY CLARE HOWARD After nearly half a …
Cleve Heidelberg leans back and watches Matt Jones during his closing arguments telling the judge Heidelberg had his day in court, a jury found him guilty and there is no new evidence to exonerate him. Heidelberg has been in prison for 47 years for the shooting death of a white sheriff’s deputy, a case his …
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Attorneys Don Jackson, left, and Andy Hale speak at a press conference Thursday announcing a court petition they filed seeking a special prosecutor to re-examine the murder conviction of Cleve Heidelberg who has been in prison since 1970. What could prove to be one of Peoria’s most egregious criminal prosecutions was dissected, analyzed …
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