Women are separating their professional and personal names after marriage to protect privacy and reputation "Nobody ever thought about the algorithm impact before—but it's only going to become more of an issue." Fortune · Nov 11, 2024
Q&A: Prosecutors open up about prisoner's fatal beating Three former Illinois prison guards will spend years behind bars for fatally punching, kicking and stomping a 65-year-old Black inmate, after dragging him out of sight of security cameras The Independent UK · Mar 30, 2023
Cooperating guard gets 6 years in Illinois inmate's death The last of three ex-correctional officers convicted in the beating death of an Illinois prison inmate has been sentenced to six years in federal prison The Independent UK · Mar 22, 2023
2nd officer in inmate's fatal beating gets same 20-year term The second of three former correctional officers has been sentenced in the fatal beating of a state prisoner and received a 20-year prison term The Independent UK · Mar 20, 2023
Former Illinois prison guard gets 20-year sentence for fatal beating In pleading for leniency Alex Banta said he took a job as a prison guard at 23 and had no idea how it would change him. Chicago Sun-Times · Mar 17, 2023
Illinois prison guard gets 20 years for inmate beating death A former state corrections officer has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for his role in the beating death of a prison inmate in May 2018 The Independent UK · Mar 16, 2023
Lying Illinois prison officers go unpunished in 2018 inmate death, despite convictions of three guards Testimony in the case came from six Illinois Department of Corrections employees who admitted they lied to investigators. None has faced punishment, and they all continue to get regular pay increases. Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 31, 2022
Records: Lying officers unpunished in 2018 inmate death Three former Illinois prison guards face life in prison for a beating that led to the death of inmate Larry Earvin in 2018 The Independent UK · Oct 30, 2022
2nd ex-prison guard convicted in inmate beating death A former Illinois prison guard could face life in prison after a jury found him guilty of violating the civil rights of a 65-year-old inmate who died after correctional officers beat him in a lockup more than four years ago The Independent UK · Aug 23, 2022
Jury convicts 1 prison guard in inmate deaths, hung on 2nd Jurors have convicted an Illinois Department of Corrections officer for violating the civil rights of an inmate brutally beaten at a western Illinois prison in 2018, but could not reach a verdict against a superior The Independent UK · Apr 26, 2022
Illinois prison guards' trial in fatal inmate beating opens A federal prosecutor says three Illinois state prison guards brutally beat a handcuffed 65-year-old inmate and conspired to cover it up The Independent UK · Mar 28, 2022