You may or may not have heard of David Protess, a professor at the journalism school at Northwestern University. For 30 years, he has been behind the Medill Innocence Project, which has freed 12+ prisoners who were wrongly convicted.
However, now the tables have turned, and he is being investigated. Lawyers are claiming that his and his students' tactics are too deceptive and that there have been cooperation schemes.
Whatever the outcome of this trial, I hope that journalists will still continue to dig for the truth and help to free the innocent. Journalism is a public service, and we must remember that just reporting the news is not enough, we must dig a little deeper.
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