Tom Lowenstein, “Snitch Work,” Philadelphia City Paper, June 17-24, 2004. Tom Lowenstein reveals how two inmates may be responsible for an innocent man on death row.
”Restoring Justice” Chicago Tribune, September 29, 2002 - October 3, 2002 (editorial series). Chicago Tribune editorial writer Cornelia Grumman was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for these influential editorials on the death penalty in Illinois. The prize came just days after reforms of the criminal justice system passed both chambers of the Illinois General Assembly. The 5-part series of editorials about the criminal justice system in Illinois included:
”Fixing the death penalty” - Advances in DNA technology in recent years have exposed astonishing failings in the Illinois criminal justice system. (September 29, 2002).
”Disparities on Death Row” - Donald Quickle slipped a ski mask over his head before driving up at closing time to Sheba’s II, a roadside tavern in Creve Coeur. Quickle was there to rob the cash register. (October 1, 2002).
”Narrowing the wiggle room” - In 1984 a Chicago gang member named Gilbert “Blue Eyes” Perez slammed his car into another car on the Northwest Side. Perez, who was drunk, tried to get away from the accident, and three people who were driving by the scene offered to help him.(October 2, 2002).
”The future of capital punishment” - In mid-November Illinois lawmakers will have the opportunity to restructure the criminal justice system, to demonstrate that they understand a system that has bred wrongful convictions, false confessions, mistaken eyewitnesses and other outrages cannot be allowed to stand (October 3, 2002).