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Battling Rape On Campusnew

Compassionate response to victims gives them confidence to report.

Illinois Times | Patrick Yeagle | 05-08-2015 | Crime & Justice

A cop under fire for illegal steroid use keeps his job after ratting out the rest of the department, including the police chief. Other officers kept their jobs after drunk driving, spousal abuse, prostitution, falsifying federal gun records and more.

Illinois Times | Bruce Rushton | 05-08-2015 | Crime & Justice

Illinois Innocence Project Frees Wrongly Convicted Mannew

The gruesome rape and murder of 15-year-old Kristina Hickey in 1984 put Christopher Abernathy behind bars for nearly 30 years. Just one problem: he didn't do it.

Illinois Times | Patrick Yeagle | 02-20-2015 | Crime & Justice

Top cop wore tasteless teenew

Springfield deputy police chief Clifford Buscher was wearing a t-shirt with a racially charged message when he was arrested in Missouri in 2008 after drunkenly firing a gun while on a fishing trip with three other officers. Buscher is considered next in line to be chief.

Illinois Times | Bruce Rushton | 07-12-2013 | Crime & Justice

Keeping Tabs on Sex Offendersnew

More than 260 registered sex offenders tracked by Casey Carpenter have been naughty in the past. It’s her job to make sure that they remain nice, or, at least, where they’re supposed to be when they’re supposed to be there. And so Carpenter, an administrative clerk at the Springfield Police Department, keeps lists and checks them twice.

Illinois Times | Bruce Rushton | 08-25-2011 | Crime & Justice

Tags: crime, Springfield, sex offenders, law enforcement, Casey Carpenter

Kids in Prisonnew

What do you do when you catch a criminal that is only 13 years old?

Illinois Times | Patrick Yeagle | 05-03-2010 | Crime & Justice

Tags: Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice

Overcrowding at Illinois Prisons is Costly and Dangerousnew

In Sangamon County, at least 13 inmates were released early, many serving just a fraction of their sentences. One repeat drunk driver served only a month of his year-long sentence; another inmate serving time for possession of cocaine spent only two weeks behind bars.

Illinois Times | Patrick Yeagle | 03-04-2010 | Crime & Justice

Tags: early release, violence, prison, politics, Drugs, justice, crime, money, rehabilitation, inmate, corrections

After Mentally Ill Prisoner Dies in Illinois 'Supermax' Prison, Reforms Are Promisednew

As human rights organizations stepped forward to speak for Robert Foor, a 33-year-old who died in June after nearly 11 years in isolation at the Tamms Closed Maximum Security Unit, the Illinois Department of Corrections announced its plans to reform the southern Illinois “supermax” prison.

Illinois Times | Amanda Robert | 09-24-2009 | Crime & Justice

Tags: Robert Foor, supermax prisons, Tamms Closed Maximum Security Unit, Illinois, mental illness, criminal justice

Cop Charged with 49 Felonies Pleads Guilty to Two Misdemeanors, Goes Freenew

Was David Lewis a pervert who used his police powers to terrorize vulnerable young women? Or was this case coldly concocted -- as Lewis insists -- in retaliation for his sniffing around the a strip club for information possibly linking the state's attorney's office with gangs, prostitution, and cocaine?

Illinois Times | Dusty Rhodes | 08-14-2008 | Crime & Justice

Tags: Illinois, Drugs, strippers, crime & justice, strip clubs, Danville, police work