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Dirty System
A yearlong investigation strongly points to then-teenager Robert Johnson’s innocence—and Chicago police misconduct as a major contributing factor to his conviction.
Alison Flowers is an investigative journalist at the Invisible Institute. She produced the 7-part investigative podcast “Somebody” about the 2016 murder of Courtney Copeland, and is a two-time winner of the Hillman Foundation’s Sidney Award. In 2019, she co-produced the SHOWTIME documentary 16 SHOTS on the police killing of Laquan McDonald, which was nominated for a Peabody Award and received Television Academy Honors for documentary special. Flowers is the author of Exoneree Diaries: The Fight for Innocence, Independence and Identity.