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James Soto and David Ayala, who were 20 and 18, respectively, when they were arrested, served 42 years in prison.

Just 8 years old when her brother was incarcerated following a double slaying in a Southwest Side park, Pilar More, now 50, watched her older sibling grow up behind bars. Her brother, James Soto, and his cousin, David Ayala were convicted of murder and other felonies in the shooting deaths of 16-year-old Julie Limas and Hector Valeriano, 18, a U.S. Marine on leave, on Aug. 16, 1981. They were ...

It was after dark by the time Arthur Brown, skinny and shellshocked, walked out of Cook County Jail. A crowd of supporters was waiting. “That’s him! That’s him!” they screamed. “He’s free!” It was November 2017. Prosecutors had thrown out his case. For the 29 years leading to that exact moment, Brown had been locked up for a fatal fire he insisted he did not set. He walked out to a scrum of ...

Until about 10 years ago, the state of Illinois maintained an incredibly harsh super-maximum prison for inmates who posed disciplinary problems.

BIS announced Projects Mariana and Mandala with Asian central banks. UBS launched its tokenized VCC fund in Singapore. HKEX builds smart contract settlement platform.