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Despite growing pains, Madison and St. Clair counties report success in enacting sweeping, unfunded changes to the court system mandated under the state’s new SAFE-T Act, including the nation’s first no-cash bond system.
If he’s convicted he’ll face a sentence of 45 years to life in prison without a chance at parole.
The suspect faced a St. Clair County judge Monday for a pretrial detention hearing.
The family’s questions about their loved one’s whereabouts went unanswered “because of the calloused indifference of his killer,” the county prosecutor said.
The alleged admission was revealed at a detention hearing for the defendant charged in the slaying.