Man charged with killing Hadiya Pendleton due in court while awaiting new trial

The man accused of killing 15-year-old Hadiya Pendleton in 2013 was due back in court on Wednesday for a hearing in his new murder trial.

An honor student at King College Prep High School, Hadiya was shot and killed just days after she marched in former President Obama’s second inauguration parade.

In 2023, the Illinois Appellate Court threw out Micheail Ward’s conviction for her murder, after ruling his videotaped confession was inadmissible…

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