On December 9 a panel of Illinois appeals court judges reversed Juan Rivera’s 1993 conviction for raping and murdering 11-year-old babysitter Holly Staker in Waukegan the previous year.
The ruling (PDF)-which came nearly two decades after Rivera was found guilty at the first of what would eventually be three trials-represented a major pro bono win for Jenner & Block, which estimates that more than 80 of its lawyers and staffers spent over 12,000 hours on Rivera’s latest trial and appeal.
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