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WHITLOCK v. BRUEGGEMANN

Nos. 11-1059, 11-1060, 11-1061, 11-1068, 11-1069, 11-1070.

682 F.3d 567 (2012)

Herbert WHITLOCK and Gordon "Randy" Steidl, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Charles BRUEGGEMANN, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided May 30, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald H. Balson (argued), Attorney, Stone, Progrund & Korey, G. Flint Taylor (argued), Ben H. Elson , Attorneys, People's Law Office, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Iain D. Johnston (argued), Attorney, Johnston Greene LLC, Chicago, IL, David Charles Thies , Attorney, Webber & Thies, P.C., Urbana, IL, for Defendants-Appellants in No. 11-1059, 11-1070.

Elizabeth K. Barton , Attorney, Sotos & Associates, Itasca, IL, for Defendants-Appellants in No. 11-1060.

Vincent C. Mancini (argued), Attorney, Ekl, Williams & Provenzale LLC, Lisle, IL, for Defendant-Appellant in Nos. 11-1061, 11-1069.

James G. Sotos , Attorney, Sotos & Associates, Itasca, IL, for Defendants-Appellants in No. 11-1068.

Before FLAUM, KANNE, and WOOD, Circuit Judges.

WOOD, Circuit Judge.

On July 6, 1986, Karen and Dyke Rhodes were found murdered in their home in Paris, Illinois. They had been stabbed numerous times and their home had been set afire. From the ashes of these gruesome murders rises another, deeply disturbing, allegation: that police and a prosecutor conspired to frame two innocent men of these crimes, and over the course of the next two decades, state officials continued to cover up those misdeeds.

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