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Alexis Stallman via the Jackson County State Attorney

Alexis N. Stallman (Jackson County State Attorney’s Office)

A 43-year-old woman in Illinois will likely spend the rest of her life behind bars for killing her ex-husband, fatally stabbing the state Transportation Department employee just hours after the two had appeared in court for a contentious child custody hearing. A Jackson County judge sentenced Alexis N. Stallman to serve 50 years in a state correctional facility for the 2022 slaying of Edward A. Stallman, authorities announced.

According to the state’s attorney’s office, Stallman must serve 100% of her 50-year sentence.

“The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office, from deputies to detectives, did everything right in this investigation,” Jackson County State’s Attorney Joseph A. Cervantez said in a statement following the Jan. 17, 2024, sentencing hearing. “The Sheriff’s Office’s experience and dedication to this investigation allowed me to do my job and prosecute this senseless crime. Our sympathy goes out to the victim’s family and friends.”

Stallman entered an open Alford plea in October 2023 to one count of first-degree murder in her husband’s death. In exchange for pleading to the first-degree murder charge, prosecutors agreed to drop the two additional counts of murder and one count of domestic battery Stallman had been facing.

An Alford plea is when defendants maintain their innocence but concede that the state has enough evidence to convict them at trial. An open plea means the defendant has no agreement with prosecutors regarding the punishment they will recommend at the subsequent sentencing hearing.

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