The concept of imprisonment began with four main purposes, retribution, incapacitation, deterrence and rehabilitation. The American justice system seems to be having trouble including that last step in its process. The state of Illinois has recently...

Imagine writing someone a series of letters that would one day be worth $75,000. Well, according to an article by Adam Reiss and Dana Ford of CNN, it’s already happened. Mark David Chapman, notorious for killing former Beatle John Lennon, wrote four...

The former NIU student convicted of shooting another NIU student was sentenced to 10 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections Tuesday.Zachary Isaacman, 23, shot Brian Mulder in the leg near the Stevenson North residence hall towers on Feb. 19,...

DeKALB | An argument between two roommates ended in a physical confrontation leaving one injured from knife wounds Sunday, around 10:39 p.m. Feb. 27. Jasmine A. Evans, 21, of the 1000 block of Regent Drive, was charged with aggravated domestic battery,...

It is time we issued the death penalty a death sentence of its own. Illinois politicians have proposed and passed a bill that does exactly that, which only needs Gov. Pat Quinn's signature to abolish the penalty under state law. The bill has raised considerable...