Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Larry Golden points out that the Illinois Innocence Project (IIP) at the University of Illinois Springfield uses undergraduate ...

The legislation would hike the maximum payout to $50,000 for each year spent behind bars and $25,000 per year on probation or ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) — For 25 years, the Illinois Innocence Project has worked to free the wrongfully convicted while pushing for reforms to prevent future injustices. Founded in 2001, the ...

A southern Illinois man who spent over three decades behind bars for a murder evidence proves he did not commit was freed last week thanks in part to the Springfield-based Illinois Innocence Project ...

DECATUR, Ill. (WAND) — The Illinois Attorney General's Office has entered the courtroom in the Illinois Innocence Project's effort to overturn the Slover family's murder convictions. In early June, ...

John J. Hanlon, executive director and legal director of the Illinois Innocence Project, is slated to speak at the Macon County Criminal Justice Group meeting Wednesday.

We’re talking with the Illinois Innocence Project about amazing exoneration cases and learning why people are being convicted for crimes they didn’t commit. At Issue with Mark Welp is available to ...

Larry Golden points out that the Illinois Innocence Project (IIP) at the University of Illinois Springfield uses undergraduate students in researching and reviewing cases, making it the only innocence ...