Misook Nowlin

An appeals court has denied Barton McNeil’s request to reconsider evidence and grant him a new trial in a 1998 Bloomington murder.

The two Bloomington men convicted of unrelated murders have maintained their innocence for decades. Both were denied new trials in circuit courts as part of their post-conviction appeals.

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.

Freelance journalist Matthew Bremner said a similar experience in his own life — the accidental injury of infant son — caused him to revisit the story about a father accused of killing his 3-year-old daughter, Christina McNeil.

Child welfare records related to child abuse committed by Misook Nowlin can be used by Barton McNeil in his challenge to his 1998 murder conviction in his daughter's death, a judge ruled Tuesday at a hearing in McLean County court.

Bart McNeil's attorneys will get a hearing on the claim that McNeil's former girlfriend confessed to the 1998 killing of McNeil's daughter; the claim was not heard during his bench trial. A judge rejected multiple other defense arguments for new hearings.

An amended petition seeking a new trial for Misook Nowlin on murder charges in the 2011 death of her mother-in-law will be filed by mid-May, Nowlin’s lawyer told a judge at a court hearing on Tuesday.

Misook Nowlin is entitled to a new lawyer who may file a petition in her bid to secure a new trial on murder charges in the 2011 strangulation death of her mother-in-law, the Fourth District Appellate Court recently ruled.

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