20/20 to air segment on exoneration of Julie Rea Harper

ABC-TV will devote a portion of its March 9 edition of 20/20 to the exoneration of Julie Rea Harper, who in a July 2006 retrial was found not guilty of murdering her son. UIS' Downstate Illinois Innocence Project was involved in Rea Harper's case and worked to develop significant evidence presented during her second trial, including the corroboration of another person's confession and the development of scientific evidence supporting Rea Harper's defense. Read more>>