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Friday, March 29
After being embarrassed by a "60 Minutes" segment about Chicago's history of false confessions, Cook County State's Attorney Anita Alvarez fired back, sending a letter to CBS News Chairman Jeff Fager calling the segment "one-sided and extremely misleading."
Letter from Cook County State's Attorney Anita Alvarez to CBS's "60 Minutes"
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