Breaking legal news for Thursday, August 20

Central Illinois

• Former Metamora coach gets four years for sexual abuse of student, Peoria Journal Star

Chicago area

• Jury deliberating whether McHenry Co. cops framed murder suspect, Daily Herald
• "Most significant drug conspiracy" busted in Chicago, Chicago Sun-Times

Northern Illinois

• Divorce easier to get, stigma less prevalent, experts say, Quad-City Times

Southern Illinois

• Doctor sued for failing to provide safe place to sit, The Madison St. Clair Record
• Columbia service dog has his day in court, Belleville News-Democrat
• Jurors convict East St. Louis woman of giving fatal dose of morphine to niece, Belleville News-Democrat