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Information in this story came from 30 hours of interviews, a review of more than 1,500 pages of police records, and court documents, video- and audio-recorded interrogations and in-person reporting.   Phrases that appear inside quotation marks represent a subject’s exact…

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois – The head of a sheriff’s office under fire ever since a deputy fatally shot Sonya Massey in the face said Friday that he will step down and retire. Sangamon County Sheriff Jack Campbell, who has been head…