Another part of Illinois political history.  Interesting read.  One of the convicted just got multiple million settlement. 

http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/d5aed3a71238478c93735e7c7aceb5dc/IL--Paris-Murders-Police-Settlement/

Too Politically Sensitive by Michale Callahan

Since when is murder "too politically sensitive"?

In a state as rich in political corruption as Illinois, it's more of a reality than a question. This true story starts with a murder in a small town and the wrongful conviction of two men, but quickly escalates into a conspiracy of deceit, hypocrisy, misconduct, and cover-up by one of the most corrupt states in the United States.

In 2000, Michale Callahan was the newly promoted Investigations Commander over a nine county area in East Central Illinois. His first assignment was to review the fourteen-year-old murder of a young, newlywed couple, Dyke and Karen Rhoads. Rumblings from the Downstate Illinois Innocence Project, The Center on Wrongful Convictions at Northwestern University, and an upcoming show on CBS's 48 Hours were that two men had been wrongfully convicted for these murders. This true story is about his fight to search for the truth and free the two innocent men he learned were railroaded into prison. Callahan's fight continues with his personal battle against a corrupt and powerful state that is more interested in covering up the scandal and silencing its employees than seeking justice.

This book is about everyone's worst nightmare, when the cover up of any crime becomes more important than the injustice done to the victims. This true story is a warning and foreboding example of just what can happen now that a government can muzzle its employees to cover up its criminal acts. When you're done reading this book, you'll ask yourself this important question: just who will police the police when they refuse to police themselves?