Sunday, April 21, 2013
Sherry Halligan, formerly of La Grange, was sentenced Tuesday after she was convicted in February in the stabbing death of Dennis Campbell.
A judge sentenced Sherry Halligan, formerly of La Grange, to 45 years in prison Tuesday after she was convicted in February of a 2003 murder, the Doings reported. Halligan, 54, spent seven years evading law enforcement after initially turning herself into police for the stabbing death of Dennis Campbell, also of La Grange. She declined to speak at her sentencing hearing, as did Campbell’s family, who had prosecutors present statements on their behalf. “Justice is never going to be served as long as my uncle is dead and she’s walking on earth,” Liz Ford, Campbell’s niece, told the Doings in February. “There wasn’t a better man on earth. I miss him every day.” Read the whole story on the Doings website. Earlier:
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Motions for both an appeal and a new trial have been filed on behalf of Shelly Halligan, who was convicted of first-degree murder earlier in February.
The sentencing for 54-year-old Sherry Halligan, the former La Grange woman convicted of first-degree murder in the 2003 shooting death of Dennis Campbell in the Village, has been delayed due to requests from two attorneys representing her, The Doings La Grange reports. According to the paper, an attorney from Halligan's original defense has filed for a new trial, while a new attorney has filed for an appeal, both asking to review transcripts of her trial in January and February; the sentencing has been rescheduled for April 16. Halligan initially confessed to the shooting before disappearing in April 2004. She was recaptured in 2010 and convicted on Feb. 1, nearly a decade to the day after the original shooting. Read the full story at the …
Monday, February 4, 2013
After seven years evading justice, the former La Grange woman was convicted of first-degree murder in Bridgeview court on Friday.
Friday, February 1, 2013
After seven years evading justice, the former La Grange woman was convicted of first-degree murder in Bridgeview court on Friday.
Sherry Halligan, the 54-year-old former La Grange woman who spent seven years as a fugitive from the law, has been found guilty of first-degree murder in the shooting of her boyfriend, Dennis Campbell, in a southern La Grange home in 2003. According to the Chicago Tribune, Halligan showed no reaction to the verdict, while Campbell’s family hugged. The family told The Doings La Grange that while the outcome was what they had wanted, it would never be enough. “Justice is never going to be served as long as my uncle is dead and she’s walking on earth,” Liz Ford, Campbell’s niece, told the paper. “There wasn’t a better man on earth. I miss him every day.” After the shooting on Jan. 30, 2003, Halligan turned herself in to police, confessed to …
