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More than 3,000 people in Illinois prisons were convicted of crimes committed when they were under 21 and were given lengthy sentences, including life in prison without possibility of parole.
CHICAGO -- Antonio House hasn't known freedom since he was 19, when he was locked up as a suspect in the 1993 kidnappings and killings of two teens on Chicago's
Antonio House hasn’t known freedom since he was 19, when he was locked up as a suspect in the 1993 kidnappings and killings of two teens on Chicago’s West Side. While evidence showed House was only a lookout, a judge handed him a sentence of natural life. Destined to die in prison, he was forced to adapt to living without hope of ever again being free. His initial mindset was that he was ...
SPRINGFIELD â Illinois budget officials said Thursday that revenues are flowing into state coffers at a faster pace than previously estimated, meaning lawmakers will have more money to work with as they try to finalize a new budget for the fiscal year that begins July 1. The Governorâs Office of Management and Budget officially raised its revenue estimate for the current fiscal year by more than $1.4 billion and by $842 million for the upcoming fiscal year. Those figures are similar to the latest revised estimates from the General Assemblyâs budget monitoring agency, the Commis...
By Capitol News Illinois SPRINGFIELD – Illinois budget officials said Thursday that revenues are flowing into state coffers at a faster pace than previously estimated, meaning lawmakers will have more money to work with as they try to finalize a new budget for the fiscal year that begins July 1. The Governor’s Office of Management and Budget officially raised its revenue estimate for the current fiscal year by more than $1.4 billion and by $842 million for the upcoming fiscal year. Those figures are similar to the latest revised estimates from the General Assembly’s budget monitoring ag...