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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The state's budget impasse has put a hold on payments to former Illinois inmates who've been exonerated of crimes.Fourteen men…
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An Illinois lawmaker wants teenagers accused of murder to have a lawyer present when questioned by law enforcement. But this is facing opposition from…
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SYCAMORE, Ill. (AP) - A northern Illinois judge is set to consider a request to release a man serving a life sentence in the 1957 killing of a 7-year-old…
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CHICAGO (AP) - Inmates and their supporters are getting creative in their bids to draw attention to their cases. A wooden sign along Chicago's Stevenson…
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Three men freed after more than a decade in prison have been acquitted in their retrial for the 2002 slaying of an 8-year-old Rockford boy.Tyjuan…
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A Chicago man has graduated from law school years after he was exonerated for a rape conviction that led to a 28-year prison sentence. Jarrett Adams spent…