NORMAL, Ill. (WTVO) Alan Beaman, who spent years in prison for a murder he didn’t commit, has won a $4.5 million settlement from the town of Normal, Illinois. Beaman sued the town and several police officers for malicious prosecution. He was alleged to have killed his ex-girlfriend, Jennifer Lockmiller, a student at Illinois State […]
Fifty years ago, members of the Normal City Council ignored warnings from their city manager and attorney when excluding U.S. law from town code. This history and more: