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| Head of Northwestern's wrongful convictions group to keep fighting |
| By chicagotribune.com - Dan Hinkel |
| Published: 09/24/2013 |
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Rob Warden works in an office decorated with photos of people he helped to free from prison. But when asked to name a particularly gratifying exoneration, Warden chose one that hasn't happened. It would be "the sweetest of all" to see Johnnie Lee Savory, who spent nearly 30 years in prison for a 1977 Peoria double murder before he was paroled, proved innocent by a pending DNA test, Warden said. Northwestern University Law School announced Monday that Warden, 72, will retire next year from the Center on Wrongful Convictions, which he co-founded. Warden, who will become executive director emeritus, said he plans to keep researching, writing and advocating, and, as students bustled past in a law school hallway, he acknowledged he doesn't expect to ever quit this work. "I hope not," Savory said. "I need him to stay." Others will be less sad to see Warden go. Sally Daly, spokeswoman for Cook County State's Attorney Anita Alvarez, wrote in an email, "It is our hope that the new leadership there will display a more respectful and fair-minded view of the work of the prosecutor, rather than the cynical 'Us versus Them' theory disseminated by Mr. Warden throughout the course of his tenure." Read More. |
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