Alton officer's conviction puts prosecution of 1,300 cases in doubt

An Alton police officer's federal conviction for stealing and lying put into jeopardy the prosecution of 1,300 pending Madison County cases -- one-third of all the county's felony filings, according to federal court documents.

[Bill]

That's just some of the COPS. I don't trust any of them. Murphy either. I doubt what we have been told.

[Bill Hemphill]

We need the good cops to weed out the bad.