× Sign Up Today and Support Local Journalism Enjoy more articles from Central Illinois' Most Trusted Information Source. Illinois vs. Hester, as a colleague put it, also "smelled bad." It seemed probable that Lee Arthur Hester, the case's Black 14-year-old defendant, had falsely confessed to fatally stabbing a white teacher. There is a long, long history here. And Lee Arthur's case was an important part of that history."

Source: Los Angeles Times September 06, 2020 17:03 UTC