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Pam Jacobazzi |
A weekend rally in Springfield is part of an ongoing effort to secure the release of a Chicago area woman who they say was wrongfully convicted of the death of an infant in her care.
Pamela Jacobazzi was a day-care provider who was sent to prison in 1999, accused of shaking a 10-month-old child to death.
But the Illinois Innocence Project says the diagnosis of Shaken Baby Syndrome was incorrect, and believes the child died of a pre-existing medical condition.
The group is encouraging people to sign online petitions asking Governor Pat Quinn to grant clemency and set Jacobazzi free.
