Brittany Morris

Well, yeah, their reasoning is we don't know how you got it.

We don't know where you obtained this.

And so for them, they think it would jeopardize almost the entire database by just entering in this, as they say, a random evidence.

into their database, into their system that they have to manage.

So basically what they've done is the Illinois Innocence Project says that it has an expert that can prove that this DNA was collected correctly and that it needs to be submitted into CODIS.

The AG's office representing the Illinois State Police saying, no, no, this can't go into our system.

So now in the new year, we're going to have a hearing where these experts are going to testify in front of a judge to decide if this DNA goes into the system.

Yeah, so Michael Sr.

died in 2022 while serving his sentence.

Jeanette actually died earlier this year.

And so when I asked the Illinois Innocence Project, you know, Michael Jr.

is already on parole at this point.

Why keep pushing?

They say that this family is innocent.

And so they're going to keep pushing no matter what to try to overturn this conviction.

We've been able to hear from a couple of her friends, and everyone just really wants this case to go to bed.

They don't want to be insensitive in any way, but it's more or less like, just let Karen Hearn Slover lie in peace.

Thank you so much.

R-E-U-I-S-H-A.

That's a nice name.