death penalty

A federal judge in central Illinois has denied defense motions to suppress evidence in the case of a 28-year-old man charged in the kidnapping and killing…

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - A bipartisan group of Illinois legislators have introduced a bill that would reinstate the death penalty for convicted mass murderers…

Gov. Bruce Rauner's proposal to reinstate the death penalty for certain violent crimes and other changes he made to gun legislation will get a House…

Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner says the state should be able to execute those who kill police officers or commit mass shootings. The Governor proposed...

Lawyers for a former physics student accused of kidnapping and killing a University of Illinois scholar from China intend to ask the presiding federal…

Federal prosecutors in the case of a former physics student charged with the kidnapping and killing of a University of Illinois scholar from China say…

U.S. prosecutors have told a judge they will seek the death penalty against a 28-year-old man charged with the kidnapping and killing of a University of…

A man accused in the abduction and killing of a University of Illinois scholar from China is to be arraigned on new charges.Federal court records show…

Former Illinois Supreme Court Chief Justice Thomas Fitzgerald has died. In more than three decades as a judge, he cleaned up the scandal-plagued traffic…

A longtime Democratic state Senator is calling for the reinstatement of the death penalty in Illinois. Sen. Bill Haine was against Illinois' abolishing…