The Town of Normal has tentatively agreed to a $5.4 million settlement of a lawsuit accusing police of “malicious prosecution” in a 30-year-old murder case.
The Normal Town Council Monday night will be asked to approve the settlement for Alan Beaman of Rockford. He served 13-years of a 50-year prison sentence for stabbing and strangulation death of his former girlfriend, Illinois State University student Jennifer Lockmiller, at her off-campus apartment in 1993.
The Illinois Supreme Court threw out Beaman’s conviction in 2008, and seven-years later, then-Gov. Pat Quinn pardoned Beaman based on his innocence.
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