We would like to raise the question regarding whether or not Ted Kuhl was "Duked" by Paul Logli's Winnebago County State's Attorney Office. In December of 1996, State's Attorney Paul Logli authorized his Assistant State's Attorneys Mark Karner and Glen Weber to convene a Grand Jury to authorize murder charges against Ted Kuhl in the murder of Janet Nivinski. The problem is: the "evidence" they used to obtain his indictment was based on deceit! Not one piece of forensic evidence was presented that could rationally implicate Mr. Kuhl, either to the grand jury or at trial.

Here are facts of the case in summary:
(Read the full story for a more complete account)

• Ted Kuhl had no criminal history
• Rick Mueller, the only witness against Kuhl, changed his story 16 times
• No motive for Kuhl was ever established
• No gun was recovered
• Police reports excluded key information that would have proved Kuhl had no means of committing the murder
• Videotaped evidence was excluded from the investigation
• Prosecution made false statements, upon which theories were presented as fact
• Many investigative errors occurred by the Loves Park, IL Police, some of which are egregious

It should send shivers down the spine of every resident of Winnebago County, IL that all it takes to become convicted of murder is to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. Could this happen to you? If it happened to Ted Kuhl, why would the answer be anything other than "YES"? We cannot take solace in knowing the State's Attorney's office is unbiased and interested in truthful prosecution. When the truth is set aside in favor of expedient legal maneuvering, who can say you are "innocent until proven guilty"? The only reason the Duke Lacrosse players could get the justice they were originally denied was their access to the media - they were high profile, and connected. Do you have that same access and connection? Sobering question...

Harriet Ford wrote about this case in a book entitled Shadow in the Rain, in which she chronicles the story of Ted Kuhl. It is written as a mystery novel that can best be described as a fiction/documentary/romance/who-done-it, using the facts of the Kuhl case as a framework. I highly recommend that you buy it and read it. This is one of those rare opportunities to get involved and make a difference for truth and justice, by calling on the powers that be to exonerate and release Ted Kuhl.

Even if our efforts to get Ted Kuhl exonerated and released prove successful, it is not enough: the prosecutorial and investigative misconduct that is responsible for this miscarriage of justice should be impugned and made infamous. We should demand the system be fixed and those not up to the task of truthfulness be removed. Such injustice should be made known to help insure that no one else suffers as Ted Kuhl. Please read the full story.