Edith Brady-Lunny

A 1998 murder conviction against a Bloomington father who has maintained his innocence in the death of his daughter is the subject of an investigative journalism piece this month in Esquire magazine

Bloomington Police sergeant Ty Carlton was fired in January after an internal investigation found text messages exchanged between the veteran officer and Cassandra and Jadelyn Lacey, of Bloomington. The couple, both nurses, were being investigated for stealing fentanyl from a doctor's office where Carlton's wife Wendy worked. Charges have not been filed in that case.

Advanced forensic testing could yield new information in the 1991 death of William Little, a defense expert argued Thursday in the evidentiary hearing for Jamie Snow , who is challenging his conviction on murder charges in connection with the armed robbery that killed Little.

A Bloomington man was found guilty on Friday of murder in the February 2023 shooting death of Kiejoun Watts

Lawyers for Alan Beaman will be allowed to share evidence with jurors at his upcoming civil trial against three retired Normal Police officers that

An agreement calling for a $5.4 million settlement has been reached between Alan Beaman and the Town of Normal and three retired police officers over Beaman's wrongful conviction on murder charges that sent him to prison for more than 12 years, before his release and dismissal of the charges.

Alan Beaman will continue his efforts to educate police recruits about the harm done to innocent people ensnared by wrongful convictions, as he moves on with his life after reaching a $5.4 million settlement with the Town of Normal and three former officers.

A Minnesota man was sentenced to 80 years in prison Tuesday for the 2021 murder of Natwan Nash.

Mental health services in Illinois prisons are among the worst in the country, creating “abysmal and harmful” conditions for staff and inmates, with Pontiac Correctional Center fostering a “disgusting and neglected environment,” according to a consultant's report on mental healthcare in Illinois facilities.

Jeffrey Reinking was convicted in 2022 of illegally giving his son Travis Reinking an assault-style weapon he used in a 2018 shooting that left four dead at a Waffle House in Tennessee. A Tazwell County judge sentenced Reinking to 18 months in prison for delivery of a firearm to a person who had been treated for mental illness within five years.