Illinois Innocence Project

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.

Lawyers working on behalf of Barton McNeil have filed an appeal in the Fourth District Appellate Court seeking to reverse a trial court ruling that denied McNeil's request for a new trial.

John Hanlon will retire June 30 as executive director of the Illinois Innocence Project at University of Illinois Springfield. Over the past 12 years, Hanlon and a team of lawyers, students and volunteers has helped exonerate 18 defendants.

TV detectives might be solving crimes easily with the help of advanced forensic testing, but two legal experts with the Illinois Innocence Project say…

GLT is partnering with true crime podcast Suspect Convictions to explore the 1998 murder of 3-year-old Bloomington girl Christina McNeil.Her father was…

GLT is partnering with true crime podcast Suspect Convictions to explore the 1998 murder of 3-year-old Bloomington girl Christina McNeil.Her father was…