State

• Lawmaker hopes to toughen guilty plea sentences in murder cases, Decatur Herald & Review

Central Illinois

• Peoria firm out of Woodford dispute, Peoria Journal Star

Chicago area

• Deadly fire set for insurance money: prosecutors, Chicago Sun-Times
• Parents settle in son's Lincolnshire day-care death, Daily Herald

Nation

• Lawyer wins new trial for client because judge forgot to put jury under oath, ABA Journal
• Newspaper illustrates "explosion" of suits over mobile device patents, ABA Journal