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BELLEVILLE â Paula Sims, a Madison County woman serving a sentence of life in prison in the deaths of her daughters more than 30 years ago, is eligible for a parole hearing after a commutation by Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker adjusted her sentence.
The commutation was first reported by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on Thursday.
Sims, 61, was convicted of killing her infant daughter Heather in Alton in 1989 and hiding the death of another daughter, Loralei in 1986. She was serving a life sentence without parole.
In appeals and clemency requests, Sims lawyers have argued that she was suffering postpartum psychosis at the time of the babies deaths.
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Child-killer Sims could get parole
Scott Cousins, scousins@thetelegraph.com
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Paula Sims holds the hand of her father, Orville Blew, as they leave the Jersey County Courthouse after posting bond in May of 1989 on four felony charges related to the death of her first daughter, Loralei Marie Sims, who died in 1986. Show MoreShow Less
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Paula Sims is escorted from the Cottage Hills home of her parents, Orville and Nylene Blew, after she was indicted by a Madison County grand jury. Show MoreShow Less
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Local, regional and national media surround then Chief of Detectives Alton Sgt. Rick McCain who was leading the investigation in the Sims murder case. Show MoreShow Less
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In February, following a global movement to affirm that Black Lives Matter, Republicans rejected a resolution honoring Black History Month because they didn’t like all of the names of people being honored on the resolution.
Most notably, the conflict centered on the names of people of color who were killed by police. According to Sen.