Advocates urge equal legal aid for life sentence murder cases
Illinois reforms granted death row defendants better resources, including two attorneys and a capital fund. Whitlock, serving life, lacked similar support until a Northwestern professor and students uncovered flaws in the 1986 Rhoads killings, prompting renewed scrutiny of Steidl and Whitlock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Champaign
Randy Steid
Illinois
Steidl
Herb Whitlock
Whitlock
Northwestern University
David Protess
George Ryan
Protess
Bill Clutter
Downstate Illinois Innocence Project
Flooding Evacuates Hundreds in East Central Illinois
Severe rain and melting snow forced the evacuation of more than 430 homes in east central Illinois. Pontiac and Watseka were hardest hit as Vermilion River and Sugar Creek overflowed, with residents sheltered by local centers and a church. Two deaths are linked to the flood. officials measured record water levels and boats aided around 535 residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Pontiac
Livingston County
Watseka
Iroquois County
Sugar Creek
Iroquois River
Pontiac Recreation Center
Patti Thompson
Illinois Emergency Management Agency
Rod Blagojevich
Chicago
Carl Gerdovich
Iroquois County Emergency Service Disaster Agency
David Mayotte
Mayotte
National Weather Service
Milford
Nathan Marsili
Vermilion
Marsili
Paxton
Ford County
Man charged in shootings found not guilty by insanity
Champaign County Judge Heidi Ladd acquitted Donnell Clemons, 47, of attempted murder after a psychiatrist testified he is schizophrenic and lacked understanding of his actions during a July 2007 shooting at a city park that struck two officers and left them recovering. He was ordered to a state mental health facility, potentially held as long as a guilty verdict would have carried.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Urbana
Champaign
Heidi Ladd
Donnell Clemons
Clemons
Shannon Bridges
John Murphy
Also Mentioned on This Page
BY David Mercer
Associated Press
Duke
Karen Rhoads
Paris
Ill
Clutter
Jim
Richard Kling
Susana Ortiz
Donnie Alexander
James R. Glenn
Jackson County
Walnut St
Murphysboro
Jackson County Clerk’s Office
Jackson County Elections Department
Carbondale Civic Center
Co.jackson.ilus County
Larry W. Reinhardt
THE
Pai
Patemis
Mra
Cape Girardeau, MO
Are Ee IL St. Hwy
Hola
Alonso
NeltLe
Msl
Merle Ark G -Harrah
Metropolis
Total Rewards Casino & Hote
Alton Flower Shop
Alton
Madison County
Alton Florist
Jeffrey Izard
Alten
Izard
Kinzel
Iraq
Washburn
Central Illinois
Phillip Pannier
101St Airborne Division
Donald Pannier
Pannier
Roanoke-Benson High School
Army
Fort Campbell
Cook County
Dwain Kyles
Calvin Hollins Junior
Kathy Flanagan
Edward Grasse
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!