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Jack Mccullough Case

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When it comes to the press having their freedoms in writing and reporting news as well as people’s right to their own privacy, there is a line that should not be crossed in the process. For example, there have been many cases where people have been wrongly accused of crimes such as murders or even having private parts of their lives exposed. Due to this exposure, the public can see and create their opinions about them whether the information is truthful or not. Events like these can and have ruined the lives of innocent people. They cannot go back to their normal lives simply because the media has already brought too much attention to it. Therefore, it is extremely important that there are certain boundaries that should not be crossed. Jack McCullough is a perfect example of someone who was wrongly accused of a murder that he did not commit; eventually, …show more content…

However, in April of 2017 he was finally ruled to be innocent which put the case back into the unsolved case files. It was proved that there was no way he could have committed the crime because he was 40 miles away at the time (O’Neill). McCullough’s lawyer said, “He was innocent. Everybody knew he was innocent and yet they pursued the investigation.” According to McCullough’s lawyer, he is not the only person who has been wrongfully convicted in Illinois; it has been known for multiple wrongful convictions of many innocent people. He was the 786th convicted killer who was released and the 122nd in Illinois (O’Neill). For 6 years, people saw McCullough as a monster because of the false conclusions made on the case. This restricted him from living a normal life because people believed he did a such horrible thing. However, not only does this affect the person being accused but as well as the families and other loved ones who must be informed that the case was

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