murder conviction vacated

The City of Peoria and Peoria County are expected to finalize a financial settlement to bring an end to a lawsuit brought by the estate of a man who spent 47 years in prison before his murder conviction was overturned in 2017.

A certificate of innocence has been handed a Chicago man whose conviction for the 1992 rape and murder of a 6-year-old boy was vacated last month. The…

A 76-year-old Washington state man has been released from prison in Illinois. This after a prosecutor persuaded a judge that the man was wrongly convicted…

Jack McCullough's conviction in the 1957 murder of a Sycamore girl has been vacated and he has been ordered released from custody on his own...