Moving forward, things seem to be changing. More and more people are being vaccinated every day and a sense of “normal” may be in the future. With the changes occurring with the Corona Virus it’s important to look at how this is going to influence the education system, and in our case more specifically how […]
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Final Blog: The Ford Heights Four Case
For my last post I highlighted an interesting case where four men were wrongfully convicted of a double murder in a case that is now known as the Ford Heights Four Case. This case takes place in a suburb of Chicago in the Spring of 1978. A young couple was taken from a gas station […]
State Reforms helping end Wrongful Convictions
In this blog I want to highlight an article by the Innocence Project discussing reform and their success in making change. This article was written in July 2019 and shows how far the effort to end wrongful convictions has come. If you are not familiar with the Innocence Project, I strongly suggest looking into their […]
The Officers at Area 2 in Chicago create the Wrongful Conviction of LeRoy Orange
In the 1980s, corruption and misconduct plagued the South Side police stations of Chicago. On multiple occasions, the officers would use extreme and illegal methods to gather false confessions to convict innocent people. In this blog I’m going to be talking about the case of LeRoy Orange, a man who was tortured and abused by […]
Zoom Fatigue
Zoom fatigue is a term that I just recently discovered, and I can confidently say almost all students are feeling some form of zoom fatigue. Zoom fatigue is a term used to describe the tiring and exhausting effect that the countless video calls have on students. Many people have struggled since moving to online learning, […]
The Case of Mark Schand
This story starts on September 2, 1986, when there was a dispute that ended in a shooting outside of a Springfield night club. The whole situation starts with Charles and David Stokes trying to sell drugs to Michael Hosten and Anthony Cooke. During this interaction, a group of guys came up to them, interested in […]
Technical Challenges brought on by Online Learning
With classes moving online, technology plays a pivotal role in the success and execution of learning. Personally, I haven’t experienced a great deal of technical issues, however it is a very real thing. I usually have the right capabilities, technology and connection to join my classes, but I have been in classes with technical issues […]
Online Learning Causes Less Social Interactions
In traditional in-person classes there is the learning aspect, but there is another aspect that is being changed by online classes, and that’s social interactions. Social interactions are an extremely important part of school, and it allows people to create relationships with each other and meet new people. With online school it makes it a […]
The difficulties and Problems with Online Learning
Over the past year or so, the Corona Virus pandemic swept the world and changed everyday life for everyone. One change that is apparent is in education. Classes and schools across the country are being held online and on zoom as opposed to in person. Obviously we are dealing with an extreme situation with the […]
The Wrongful Conviction of Randy Steidl
I’ve decided to continue writing my passion blogs about wrongful convictions. This is such an important topic and issue that I feel the need to keep building off my previous posts and hopefully continuing to educate people and build awareness. There are countless stories of wrongful convictions that exemplify certain issues within the Criminal Justice […]