Steve
Mills joined the Chicago Tribune as a reporter in 1994.
For the past seven years, he has written about the death penalty, miscarriages
of justice and other problems in the criminal justice system.
With Tribune Staff Writer Ken Armstrong, Mr. Mills reported and wrote the November 1999 series, “The Failure of the Death Penalty in Illinois.” He and Armstrong also wrote the June 2000 series, “State of Execution: The Death Penalty in Texas.” Mills, Armstrong and reporter Maurice Possley reported and wrote the December 2000 investigative series, “Executions in America.” In December 2001, Mills, Armstrong and Possley reported and wrote the series “Cops and Confessions,” which examined how police obtain dubious confessions. In October 2003, Mills and Possley wrote the series, “The Legacy of Wrongful Convictions.” In October 2004, Mills, Possley and reporter Flynn McRoberts reported and wrote the series, “Forensics Under the Microscope,” which focused on forensic science and crime labs.
Before joining the Tribune, Mills worked for five years at the Rochester (N.Y.) Democrat and Chronicle. Mills is a native of Pasadena, Calif. He is a graduate of the University of California, Santa Barbara, and Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism.
