EDITOR’S NOTE: The policed department provided the wrong age for the victim. It has been corrected. We regret the error.

It will not be admitted," Richards said. Ward was one of two men convicted for the 2013 murder of Pendleton. Ward's lawyers also said in 2023 that the trial judge erred by barring them from ...

Micheail Ward was convicted of first-degree murder in Hadiya's death in 2018 ... and ultimately will be guided by securing justice for Hadiya Pendleton, her friends who were hurt that day ...