http://www.metafilter.com/tags/bloomington Posts tagged with 'bloomington' at MetaFilter. Wed, 16 Feb 2005 18:57:51 -0800 Wed, 16 Feb 2005 18:57:51 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/39679/Guilty%2Dor%2DInnocent <a href="http://www.rrstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050214/OPINION0109/502140314&amp;SearchID=73199371549543">Guilty or innocent?</a> Thanks to the work of the Northwestern University <a href="http://www.law.northwestern.edu/wrongfulconvictions/">Center on Wrongful Convictions</a>, an organization with a <a href="http://www.law.northwestern.edu/depts/clinic/wrongful/exonerations/cobb.htm">long</a> <a href="http://www.law.northwestern.edu/depts/clinic/wrongful/exonerations/tillis.htm">history</a> of assisting in the exoneration of the innocent, the case of Alan Beaman, convicted of murdering his ex-girlfriend in 1993, <a href="http://www.rrstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050115/NEWS0107/501150316&SearchID=73199371549543">may be reopened soon</a>. [mi] tag:metafilter.com,2005:site.39679 Wed, 16 Feb 2005 18:57:51 -0800 bloomington illinois legal rockford wrongful-conviction eschatfische http://www.metafilter.com/24519/Irwin%2DNorling%2Dthe%2DUnknown%2DPhotographer <a href="http://citypages.com/databank/24/1162/article11118.asp">Irwin Norling</a> of Bloomington, Minnesota was a more modest version of Man Ray – with his family in tow, he documented crime and accident scenes for the local police. (The photo gallery is probably <b>NSFW</b> and not safe for delicate stomachs.) He also prolifically documented everyday Bloomington life from the 1940s through the 1980s. <a href="http://citypages.com">City Pages</a> writer Brad Zellar (<a href="http://radio.weblogs.com/0113906/">weblog</a>) stumbled across Norling's photographic archives while visiting the historical society, tracked down the man himself, and wrote <a href="http://citypages.com/databank/24/1162/article11118.asp">this terrific article</a> ... unfortunately Norling passed away a month before its publication. tag:metafilter.com,2003:site.24519 Fri, 21 Mar 2003 18:26:17 -0800 1940s 1980s bloomington irwinnorling minnesota nsfw photographer weblog kmel