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NEWS CLIP: State Supreme Court Not Taking Snow Case: June 13, 2012
BLOOMINGTON-A Bloomington family isn't giving up hope despite a State Supreme Court ruling. (WMBD)

Ill. Supreme Court won’t take Snow case: June 13, 2012
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Supreme Court won’t take the case of a Bloomington man serving a life sentence for a 1991 murder. (WJBC)

NEWS CLIP: Court case of Jamie Snow rejected by Illinois Supreme Court: Jun 13, 2012
The Illinois Supreme Court has decided not to hear the case of Jamie Snow.
(WEEK)

Supreme Court declines to hear Snow's case: June 07, 2012
SPRINGFIELD — The Illinois Supreme Court will not consider the case of a Bloomington man who claims he is innocent of the 1993 murder of a Bloomington gas station attendant. (The Pantagraph)

The Other Side of Justice May 23, 2012
Host Vincent Hill, private investigator and former police officer, discusses Jamie Snow's case. (The Other Side of Justice)

Supreme Court filing: Stay away from Snow case: May 2012
By Ryan Denham 4 weeks ago SPRINGFIELD – Prosecutors are asking in a new filing that the Illinois Supreme Court to stay away from a 1991 Bloomington murder case. (WJBC)

Prosecutors urge Supreme Court not to hear Snow case: May 22, 2012
BLOOMINGTON — A Bloomington man serving life in prison for the 1991 murder of a gas station attendant should not have the chance to bring his case to the Illinois Supreme Court, prosecutors argued in a recent court filing. (The Pantagraph)

Supporters of man convicted of murder push to reopen case: May 2, 2012
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. -- Supporters of a man convicted of murder are asking McLean County authorities to reopen the case. (WEEK)

Snow supporters use billboard to get new trial: May 1, 2012
BLOOMINGTON - Jamie Snow supporters have tried to get a new trial for the convicted killer through police and the courts, and now they are taking their appeal to the public. Snow supporters have rented a billboard at Veterans Parkway and Eastland Drive in Bloomington which posts a tip-line for the public to call with information about the 1991 murder. (WJBC)

NEWS CLIP: New Billboard Aims to Prove Snow's Innocence: May 1, 2012
BLOOMINGTON--A brand new billboard is encouraging people to help a convicted murderer prove he didn't do the crime. The sign supports Jamie Snow, who is serving a life sentence in prison for the 1991 murder of gas station attendant Bill Little. (WMBD)

Snow appeals to Illinois highest court: April 17, 2012
SPRINGFIELD -- The Committee to Free Jamie Snow (CFJS) announced today that a petition was filed last week with the Illinois Supreme Court requesting leave to appeal the Fourth District's Appellate Court decision denying Snow a hearing to present new evidence in the 2000 murder conviction of a gas station attendant during an apparent armed robbery. (CFJS - Press Release)

Snow asks Illinois Supreme Court to take case: April 18, 2012
SPRINGFIELD – Attorneys for convicted murderer Jamie Snow have asked the Illinois Supreme Court to take his case, arguing that an appellate wrongly tossed out his attempt for a new hearing and ballistics testing. (WJBC)

Convicted murderer appeals to Illinois Supreme Court: April 18, 2012
SPRINGFIELD— Attorneys for Jamie Snow argue an appellate court wrongly rejected his request for a new hearing and ballistics testing. Snow is serving a life sentence in a Joliet prison. He was convicted in 1991 in the death of gas station attendant Billy Little. (State-Journal Register)

Convicted murderer appeals to Ill. Supreme Court: April 18, 2012
SPRINGFIELD— WJBC reports attorneys for Jamie Snow argue an appellate court wrongly rejected his request for a new hearing and ballistics testing. Snow is serving a life sentence in a Joliet prison. (WAND TV)

Dozier returns to familiar territory at state's attorney's office: March 21, 2012
BLOOMINGTON — Retired judge Ron Dozier returned to work in the Law and Justice Center in December — this time assuming his former role as McLean County state’s attorney. (Pantagraph)

Snow’s defense plots next legal move: January 12, 2012
SPRINGFIELD – A panel of judges has denied convicted murderer Jamie Snow’s challenge of a lower court’s ruling that rejected his bid for a new trial in a 1991 Bloomington homicide. (WJBC)

Court denies B-N man's appeal of murder conviction: January 12, 2012
SPRINGFIELD -- The 4th District Appellate Court has denied a Bloomington man's appeal of his 2001 murder conviction. (Pantagraph)

Attorney: New evidence could reverse Snow's murder conviction: December 7, 2011
SPRINGFIELD — A parade of witnesses who testified against Jamie Snow at his 2001 murder trial have recanted, creating a pool of new evidence that could reverse Snow’s murder conviction. (Pantagraph)

Judges in Snow appeal eye testimony, defense team: December 7, 2011
SPRINGFIELD – A three-judge panel hearing convicted murderer Jamie Snow’s appeal honed in Wednesday on allegations that one of his attorneys during his 2001 trial was drunk on the job but questioned whether recanted testimony from witnesses was really new evidence. (WJBC)

Decade later, Snow’s fight continues: November 28, 2011
JOLIET – Jamie Snow claims the criminal justice system failed him 10 years ago, that police and prosecutors used unfair tactics, that witnesses lied or mistakenly identified him, and that his own attorneys bungled his defense and couldn’t stop him from being convicted of a murder he didn’t commit. (WJBC)

Appellate court to hear Jamie Snow new yrial request: November, 2011
SPRINGFIELD – An Illinois appeals court will take up Jamie Snow’s request for a new trial in December. (WJBC)

Why Eyewitness Testimony Should Rarely Be Used To Convict Anyone: September 14, 2011
Jamie's case is used as an example in this article on richardwanke.com. (Richard Wanke)

Inmate appeals denial of new trial in 1991 central Illinois killing: September 13, 2011
BLOOMINGTON — Lawyers for a man convicted of murder in a 1991 central Illinois killing have appealed a judge's decision denying him a new trial. The attorneys say a key piece of their argument will come from a former Bloomington police officer now in prison. (PJStar)

Snow's lawyers want Pelo to testify in appeal: September 12, 2011
BLOOMINGTON -- Serious doubts about the credibility of eyewitness testimony and jailhouse informants are among the reasons Jamie Snow deserves a new trial on the murder charges that sent him to prison for life, according to an appeal filed by defense lawyers. (Pantagraph)

Jamie Snow supporter files FOIA for mug shots and reward money information: September 7, 2011
BLOOMINGTON -- The Committee to Free Jamie Snow (CFJS) announced today that a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request has been submitted to McLean County and the City of Bloomington for materials related to the investigation of the 1991 murder of gas station attendant William Little. (CFJS - Press Release)

Postcards in the Park: Shows Support For Convicted Murderer: July 31, 2011
BLOOMINGTON -- Tammy Alexander isn't related to Jamie Snow, she's not a family friend, and she doesn't even live in Illinois. (Note: Includes newsclip from event) (Central Illinois Proud)

Friends Gather to Show Support: July 31, 2011
BLOOMINGTON -- Supporters of a man convicted for murder gathered at Miller Park in Bloomington to help him in his claim of innocence. (Central Illinois Proud)

Jamie Snow supporters to rally in Bloomington this weekend: July 2011
BLOOMINGTON -- Friends and family of Jamie Snow are meeting in Miller Park Sunday for ‘Postcards in the Park.’ (WJBC)

Judge denies Snow's petition for new trial in 1991 murder: April 27, 2011
BLOOMINGTON -- A judge has turned down the petition of a Bloomington man seeking a new trial on murder charges in the 1991 shooting death of a gas station clerk. (Pantagraph)

Convicted killer's attorney wants ballistics tests: March 17, 2011
BLOOMINGTON -- Attorneys for convicted murderer Jamie Snow are asking that the state conduct ballistics tests on two bullets found at the scene of the 1991 robbery where a gas station clerk was killed. (Pantagraph)

Convicted murderer seeks review of evidence: March 2011
BLOOMINGTON -- Attorneys representing a man convicted of murdering a gas station clerk in Bloomington would like the court to consider additional evidence. (WJBC)

Ballistics database search could free Illinois man serving life sentence for murder: March 16, 2011
BLOOMINGTON -- The Committee to Free Jamie Snow (CFJS) announced today that a motion has been filed asking the McLean County Circuit Court to order a ballistics test that could prove the bullets found in a crime committed in 1991 are linked to a crime committed by another perpetrator. (CFJS - Press Release)

Judge considers request to add evidence in Snow case: November 5, 2010
BLOOMINGTON -- A judge has taken under consideration a request by convicted murderer Jamie Snow to add two new pieces of evidence to his petition requesting a new trial. (Pantagraph)

Snow to bring new evidence to hearing: September 29, 2010
BLOOMINGTON — A Bloomington man serving a life sentence for a murder he claims he did not commit will bring two new pieces of evidence to the courtroom Nov. 5 when he returns to request a hearing on his request for a new trial. (Pantagraph)

Judge appointed to hear Snow's request for new trial: June 14, 2010
BLOOMINGTON -- A Schuyler County judge has been appointed to hear Jamie Snow's request for a new trial on murder charges. (Pantagraph)

Judge removes himself from hearings involving Snow case: April 26, 2010
BLOOMINGTON -- McLean County Judge Paul Lawrence has removed himself from future hearings in the 1999 murder case involving Jamie Snow, citing a potential conflict of interest with the anticipated testimony of another judge who served as a prosecutor. (Pantagraph)

Jamie Snow wants change of venue for retrial request: February 16, 2010
BLOOMINGTON -- A Bloomington man serving life in prison for a murder he claims he did not commit has asked that a judge outside the 11th Judicial Circuit hear his case, starting with his request for a new trial. (Pantagraph)

Jamie Snow alleges overzealous cops, false testimony: February 4, 2010
BLOOMINGTON -- Bloomington police officers looking to build their careers by cinching an 8-year-old murder case and false testimony from witnesses who received help with pending criminal cases were among the reasons cited by Jamie Snow in his request for a new trial on murder charges. (Pantagraph)

Snow's bid for new trial slowed by DNA testing delays: September 1, 2009
BLOOMINGTON -- Jamie Snow will have to wait at least two more months before he knows the results of DNA testing on blood from the scene of a 1991 murder for which he was convicted. (Pantagraph)

Pelo has offered to help convicted killer obtain a new trial: April 1, 2009
BLOOMINGTON - A former Bloomington police sergeant accused of rape has offered to assist Jamie Snow, the Bloomington man convicted of killing a service station worker in 1991, with his efforts to obtain a new trial. (Pantagraph)

Snow's defense wants just blood tested in push for new murder trial: Thursday, March 12, 2009
BLOOMINGTON - The defense team for Jamie Snow, who was convicted of the 1991 murder of William Little but is seeking a new trial, asked the court Thursday to allow a narrower DNA testing than previously requested. (Pantagraph)

Defense waiting on DNA expert in effort to get Jamie Snow new trial: January 16, 2009
BLOOMINGTON - The defense team for convicted murderer Jamie Snow is waiting for an expert's opinion on DNA testing of evidence introduced at Snow's 2001 trial for the killing of William Little. (Pantagraph)

Snow's lawyer wary of DNA testing restrictions in bid for new trial: November 7, 2008
BLOOMINGTON - The Illinois State Police crime lab has agreed to perform DNA tests on evidence stored since 1999 in the murder case of Jamie Snow, but Snow's defense has concerns about limitations the state wants to impose on its examination. (Pantagraph)

Jamie Snow is featured on TruthinJustice.org: Innocent Imprisoned: August 15, 2008
Jamie Snow returns to court in fight for new trial in '91 murder (Truth in Justice)

Snow's attorney seeks DNA tests at state lab: September 29, 2008
BLOOMINGTON - Attorneys for convicted murderer Jamie Snow want the state crime lab to perform DNA tests on several pieces of evidence, a request prosecutors said could burden an already backlogged state facility. (Pantagraph)

Snow lawyer asks for DNA testing on blood, bullets: September 5, 2008
BLOOMINGTON - An attorney for convicted murderer Jamie Snow is asking that DNA testing be conducted on blood, fingerprints and bullets found at the scene of a 1991 robbery in Bloomington. (Pantagraph)

Snow's attorney to request new DNA testing: August 19, 2008
BLOOMINGTON - New DNA testing will be requested by attorneys for Jamie Snow, the former Bloomington man convicted of killing Bill Little almost 20 years ago, Snow's attorney said in a hearing Monday. (Pantagraph)

Jamie Snow returns to court in fight for new trial in '91 murder: August 16, 2008
BLOOMINGTON - Jamie Snow is looking for a second chance to convince a jury that he didn't kill an 18-year-old Bloomington gas station clerk in 1991. (Pantagraph)
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