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Sangamon County Campbell

Illinois

Sangamon County sheriff to retire by end of month

SPRINGFIELD (Capitol News Illinois) -- A little over a month after the shooting death of Sonya Massey by a sheriff’s deputy, Sangamon County Sheriff Jack Campbell on Friday announced his retirement, effective no later than Aug. 31. His announcement comes amid intense pressure to resign, including from Gov. JB Pritzker on Thursday.  The Massey shooting raised questions regarding the hiring of Deputy Sean Grayson, who worked at six departments around central Illinois in four years.  Grayson shot Massey on July […]

todayAugust 11, 2024 195

Massey Benjamin Crump

Capitol News Illinois

Massey shooting: USDOJ ‘assessing the circumstances’

SPRINGFIELD (Capitol News Illinois) -- The U.S. Department of Justice confirmed late Tuesday that it is “assessing the circumstances” surrounding the fatal shooting of an unarmed Black woman by a Sangamon County Sheriff’s deputy. Benjamin Crump, renowned civil rights attorney who represents the family of the woman, said at a news conference on Tuesday that the DOJ had opened an investigation into the shooting death of Sonya Massey, 36. “This is the worst police shooting video ever,” Crump said. Attorney […]

todayJuly 24, 2024 99

Carlinville funeral Doris Turner Jim Allmon

Capitol News Illinois

Misdeeds by Carlinville funeral home director spur legislative proposals

At least 80 families have received wrong remains, according to coroner

CARLINVILLE (Capitol News Illinois) -- The wrong cremains were buried in a national cemetery. Bodies cremated under the wrong name. The wrong ashes returned to families from coast to coast.  An investigation into the mishandling of human remains has affected at least 80 families so far and continues to ripple out from the epicenter, Heinz Funeral Home in Carlinville.   At Camp Butler National Cemetery where 32,000 military veterans are laid to rest, authorities exhumed five graves to remove cremated […]

todayFebruary 14, 2024 46

Carlinville Heinz Funeral Home

Capitol News Illinois

State failed for months to act at Carlinville funeral home

Bodies found decomposing, families given strangers’ ashes in months following coroner’s complaint

CARLINVILLE (Capitol News Illinois) -- State regulators allowed a Carlinville funeral director to operate for months despite a complaint filed by a local coroner who found a decomposing body in his funeral home and alleged the care of the remains was “unacceptable and criminal in nature.” While trying to assist a local family with retrieving cremated remains in March, Morgan County Coroner Marcy Patterson found the unrefrigerated corpse in the embalming room of Heinz Funeral Home. She contacted the Illinois […]

todayDecember 7, 2023 67

Illinois DCFS

Capitol News Illinois

DCFS Director comes under fire for child deaths, improper placements

Cook County judge finds him in contempt for sixth time

SPRINGFIELD (Capitol News Illinois) -- A Cook County judge this week found the director of the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services in contempt for the fifth and sixth time this year for housing two girls in locked psychiatric facilities unnecessarily. Director Marc Smith faced four previous contempt citations for failing to place children in proper homes in violation of court orders. Each of the six contempt citations included a $1,000-per-day fine for Smith. After being found in contempt, […]

todayMarch 4, 2022 12

Baby Sophia Davis

Capitol News Illinois

Baby dies amid child abuse allegations

Mother said DCFS failed to intervene

SPRINGFIELD (Capitol News Illinois) – Sophia Faye Davis loved to eat noodles. She slept with a stuffed hippo that made soothing sounds and reflected stars on her ceiling. She sang and danced as she pounded on the keys of her toy piano. These are the memories of her only child that Cassy Needham clings to – not the final month of Sophia’s life that was filled with child abuse allegations, failed investigations, and ignored pleas for help that ended with […]

todayMarch 4, 2022 13

Illinois Department of Corrections IDOC Rob Jeffreys

Capitol News Illinois

IDOC makes plan to close units at Vandalia, Pontiac prisons

Maintenance costs, fewer inmates precipitate reductions

SPRINGFIELD (Capitol News Illinois) -- The Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) is making plans to downsize—plans that a major public employee union claims have not been shared with its members. With the inmate population dwindling to 28,000 and mounting maintenance bills on prison buildings at correctional centers across the state, IDOC developed a plan which may include significant downsizing at the Vandalia and Pontiac correctional centers. “These facilities are referenced due to current operational needs,” IDOC chief of staff Camille […]

todayFebruary 16, 2022 11

Illinois Prisoner Review Board

Capitol News Illinois

Bill revamps rules for Prisoner Review Board

Sponsor says “cold-blooded killers should never have lived to see another free day”

SPRINGFIELD (Capitol News Illinois) -- A bill was introduced in the Illinois House on Thursday revamping the Prisoner Review Board, the board that decides whether those convicted of felonies will be freed and the conditions they will face if they are released from prison. The goal of the new legislation, HB 5126, is to increase transparency, require a certain number of board members to have a law enforcement background, and imprint victim rights on the board’s mission statement, according to […]

todayJanuary 28, 2022 33

Patrick Windhorst Illinois SAFE-T Act Republican Republicans

Capitol News Illinois

Republicans announce effort to repeal SAFE-T Act

Democrats call it ‘all for show’

SPRINGFIELD (Capitol News Illinois) -- Republicans are calling for their Democratic counterparts in the Illinois House to join them in efforts to repeal criminal justice reforms, known as the Safety, Accountability, Fairness and Equity-Today Act, commonly known as the SAFE-T Act. Reps. Patrick Windhorst (R-Metropolis), Ryan Spain (R-Peoria), and Deanne Mazzochi (R-Elmhurst) joined House GOP Leader Jim Durkin (R-Western Springs) at a news conference Thursday to announce their support for legislation, House Bill 4499, introduced a week ago, to repeal […]

todayJanuary 20, 2022 10

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