Tamms NewsLocal news for Tamms, IL continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.Attorney for man convicted in 1981 Mount Vernon murder defends his...- January 27, 2008 "I might be the only one left to speak for him. He was homeless, a vagrant, 46 going on 60, but as a human being, he should be given the dignity to have someone speak up for him." For Stephen Swofford, speaking about his client's innocence is like scratching an itch he's had for more than two decades. via Southern Illinoisanhttp://www.topix.net/city/tamms-il/2008/01/attorney-for-man-convicted-in-1981-mount-vernon... Illinois prison inmate charged with 1979 murder of Pa. woman- January 12, 2008 "Krajcir sexually assaulted Rupp and then strangled her." An Illinois prison inmate suspected of killing women in four states in the 1970s and 1980s was charged Friday with the rape and murder of a Pennsylvania woman almost three decades ago. via Chicago Tribunehttp://www.topix.net/city/tamms-il/2008/01/illinois-prison-inmate-charged-with-1979-murder... |