Johnnie Lee Savory

 

 

 Judge rules Johnnie Lee Savory can use DNA tests on old evidence The attorney for convicted double murderer Johnnie Lee Savory said his client is “through the roof” after a Peoria County judge on Tuesday ruled several pieces of evidence could be tested with modern DNA technology.

“This means hope for Johnnie,” said Joshua Tepfer, an attorney with the Northwestern University’s Center on Wrongful Convictions. “He has wanted this and fought for this and a team of advocates and friends have fought for this for more than 20 years, or since this

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Wed Aug 07 2013 01:31:07 GMT-0700 (Pacific Standard Time)

Judge mulls DNA tests in 30-year-old murder case Within a month or so, Johnnie Lee Savory hopes to hear his attorneys will be able to use new DNA technology to test several items used to convict him 30 years ago of a double murder in an effort to clear his name.

Peoria County Circuit Judge Steve Kouri heard more than two hours of arguments for and against the DNA testing Thursday and then took the matter under advisement. After the hearing, an emotional Savory said he was happy to have his day in court.

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Fri Mar 15 2013 03:59:24 GMT-0700 (Pacific Standard Time)

Hearing for Savory DNA case scheduled Johnnie Lee Savory could know within two months whether he will have a chance to prove he didn't commit the two murders he was convicted of nearly 30 years ago.

At a brief hearing Wednesday in Peoria County Circuit Court, Judge Steve Kouri set a Feb. 11 hearing where he will hear arguments whether he should allow DNA testing on several key pieces of evidence from the 1977 slayings.

Savory was at the hearing but said little during it.

http://www.pjstar.com/archive/x1353222954/Hearing-set-for-Johnnie-Lee-Savorys-DNA-testing-request

Thu Dec 20 2012 04:05:17 GMT-0800 (Pacific Daylight Time)

No decision yet on Savory's request to reopen murder case Peoria County's top prosecutor said Thursday he hasn't decided whether to oppose or support a request by convicted double murderer Johnnie Lee Savory to reopen his 35-year-old case.

State's Attorney Jerry Brady said he hasn't read all the documents delivered to his office on Wednesday, just before a news conference at which Savory and several of his supporters made their case for several pieces of key evidence to be re-examined with modern DNA testing.

http://www.pjstar.com/archive/x459325575/No-decision-yet-on-Johnnie-Lee-Savorys-request-to-reopen-murder-case

Fri Nov 16 2012 04:50:15 GMT-0800 (Pacific Daylight Time)

Should DNA testing be allowed in the Johnnie Lee Savory double-murder case?

Should DNA testing be allowed in the Johnnie Lee Savory double-murder case?

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Thu Nov 15 2012 05:35:41 GMT-0800 (Pacific Daylight Time)

Johnny Lee Savory wants DNA testing to prove his innocence

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Thu Nov 15 2012 05:18:12 GMT-0800 (Pacific Daylight Time)

Johnnie Lee Savory wants DNA testing to prove his innocence Nearly 36 years after his arrest in a double-murder case, Johnnie Lee Savory is again looking to the court that twice convicted him for a chance to prove his claim of innocence.

http://www.pjstar.com/archive/x1671793707/Savory-wants-chance-to-prove-innocence-with-DNA-testing

Thu Nov 15 2012 05:35:56 GMT-0800 (Pacific Daylight Time)

Asking for DNA testing to clear Johnnie Lee Savory

Lawyers from the Center on Wrongful Convictions want advanced DNA testing that they hope will prove that Johnnie Lee Savory did not commit a double murder in 1977.

http://www.pjstar.com/archive/x1978602105/Asking-for-DNA-testing-to-clear-Johnnie-Lee-Savory

Wed Nov 14 2012 22:19:23 GMT-0800 (Pacific Daylight Time)

Readers Guide: "The Idea Factory” by Jon Gertner A grim ramification of the break-up of AT&T in the 1980s was the slow demise of Bell Labs. Since the 1920s, it had been America's premier research facility where some of our most gifted scientists worked together to develop the transistor, the laser, the UNIX operating system and much more.

http://www.pjstar.com/archive/x1915459650/Readers-Guide-The-Idea-Factory-by-Jon-Gertner

Fri Jun 22 2012 17:05:51 GMT-0700 (Pacific Standard Time)

Governor commutes Johnny Lee Savory's sentence A Peoria man, initially convicted of murder in 1977 when he was 14, had the final 34 months of his sentence commuted Tuesday by Gov. Pat Quinn.

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Wed Dec 07 2011 22:50:49 GMT-0800 (Pacific Daylight Time)

Forum: Lyons spoke up on behalf of victim

Re. Sept. 28 Forum letter by Jorge Montes, "Dishonor to state's attorney's office":

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Sun Oct 12 2008 05:00:00 GMT-0700 (Pacific Standard Time)

Prison board's parole rate criticized

The Illinois Prisoner Review Board is too stingy in granting parole requests from the state’s longest-serving inmates, representatives of a prison watchdog group said Monday.

http://www.pjstar.com/archive/x332634564/Prison-boards-parole-rate-criticized

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