STEIDL v. FERMON

No. 06-2017.

494 F.3d 623 (2007)

Gordon STEIDL, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Steven M. FERMON, Diane Carper, Charles E. Brueggemann, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 18, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Flint Taylor (argued), People's Law Office, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Iain D. Johnston (argued), Holland & Knight, Chicago, IL, Karen L. McNaught, Office of the Attorney General, Springfield, IL, for Defendants-Appellants.

Before FLAUM, WOOD, and EVANS, Circuit Judges.


WOOD, Circuit Judge.

Gordon "Randy" Steidl spent more than seventeen years in jail for a double homicide that he insists he did not commit. What makes this even worse is the fact (according to Steidl) that from the outset Illinois state police officers knowingly possessed and concealed evidence of his innocence, and they never disclosed this evidence to him, throughout his trial, his appeals, and most of his post-conviction proceedings. Steidl was finally released...

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