Governor George Ryan is considering the appointment of a blue ribbon panel to examine why more than a dozen Death Row inmates have been exonerated since the state reinstated capital punishment in 1977. Eight of those cases were tried in Cook County. Half of the 260 cases in which Illinois courts have imposed a death sentence have been reversed for a new trial or sentencing hearing. Criminal defense attorney and professor Richard Kling is available for interviews about the death penalty in Illinois. Students in the clinical program are closely supervised by teaching attorneys and handle more than1,000 cases each year.
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Chinese lawyers, judges and law students will study the American legal system as a result of a grant to Chicago-Kent from the U.S. China Legal Cooperation Fund. The course is designed to facilitate China's integration into the world economy and foster development of the rule of law by educating Chinese legal professionals in basic concepts of the American legal system. Dean Henry H. Perritt, Jr. , is available for interviews about this project and other distance learning programs at Chicago-Kent. Jr. The program is not open to the public, but administrators, students and presenters are available for interviews. The Rule of Law and the Free Market Economy in Poland.