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Case Involving Northwestern Investigations in Court
CHICAGO (AP) -- A Cook County judge wants to hear from a man who Northwestern University journalism students say has been wrongly convicted of murder.

Judge Diane Cannon on Wednesday accepted an amended petition from Anthony McKinney's attorneys for a new trial. And Cannon says she wants an affidavit from McKinney explaining that he understands his lawyers' strategy for getting him a new trial.

McKinney is being represented by lawyers with Northwestern's Center on Wrongful Convictions.

Northwestern students say they've uncovered evidence that McKinney is innocent of the 1978 killing of a security guard. He's been in prison for more than 30 years.

The next hearing in the case is set for April 22.

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