Alan Beaman

Alan Beaman and his longtime lawyer, Jeffrey Urdangen, told the story of Beaman's wrongful conviction in McLean County, his prison time and release, and answered questions from the audience at an event co-sponsored by WGLT.

Mayor Chis Koos said the $5.4 million settlement to end Alan Beaman's civil lawsuit against the town and its police over a wrongful murder conviction is solely related to risk.

Alan Beaman and the Town of Normal have agreed to a $5.4 million settlement regarding his imprisonment from 1995 to 2008.

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.

An agreement calling for a $5.4 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.

Lawyers for Alan Beaman will be allowed to share evidence with jurors at his upcoming civil trial against three retired Normal police officers that the officers violated accepted police standards in their 1993 homicide investigation that led to Beaman’s conviction on murder charges, a Peoria County judge ruled on Friday.

On April 15, 2024, Alan Beaman will return to the McLean County Law and Justice Center where he was convicted, this time for a civil trial against three Normal police officers he has accused of framing him on the murder charges.

Alan Beaman accuses former Normal detectives Tim Freesmeyer, Frank Zayas and Dave Warner with conspiring to frame him in the 1993 strangulation death of Jennifer Lockmiller.

Attorneys for Alan Beaman argue the judge handling his civil trial against three Normal police officers may not be partial. Beaman wants a McLean County judge to hear the case.

A Douglas County judge refused to recuse himself on Tuesday in the civil case filed by Alan Beaman, who accuses three now-retired Normal police officers of framing him in the 1993 murder of his former girlfriend, Jennifer Lockmiller.