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Innocence group to aid ex-prosecutor facing new murder trial

Posted February 25, 2016 6:00 am

The Associated Press

QUINCY, Ill. (AP) - A group that works to overturn wrongful convictions is helping a former Quincy prosecutor facing a second murder trial in his wife's 2006 Valentine's Day death.

Curtis Lovelace's first trial earlier this month ended in a mistrial after Adams County jurors deadlocked.

The (Quincy) Herald-Whig (bit.ly/1TH4UPY ) reports the Springfield nonprofit Investigating Innocence is working to find Lovelace a new attorney to work for free at a retrial scheduled to start May 31.

The former assistant Adams County state's attorney, University of Illinois football captain and Quincy school board president is accused of using a pillow to suffocate his first wife Cory in her sleep.

Cory Lovelace's cause of death was initially ruled as inconclusive. Lovelace was arrested in 2014 after Quincy police took a fresh look at the case.

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Information from: The Quincy Herald-Whig, http://www.whig.com

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