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3 unusual facts about Majczek and Marcinkiewicz


Majczek and Marcinkiewicz

McGuire first suspected there may have been a wrongful conviction when he learned that Majczek and Marcinkiewicz had not gone to the electric chair for the officer's murder but were sentenced to 99 years each at Joliet.

The details of the case were used as the basis of the 1948 movie Call Northside 777 starring James Stewart and Lee J. Cobb.

On October 10, 1944, a classified advertisement appeared in the Chicago Times: "$5,000 REWARD FOR KILLERS OF OFFICER LUNDY ON DEC. 9, 1932. CALL GRO 1758, 12-7 P.M."



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