Melissa Calusinski, the daycare worker who was convicted of murder in the 2009 death of 16-month-old Benjamin Kingan, made her case for clemency at a parole board hearing Tuesday.

Melissa Calusinski's long quest for a new trial in the death of a Deerfield, Ill., toddler was dealt a major setback Friday, when an Illinois judge rejected a bid to reverse her conviction. Judge ...

Melissa Calusinski was convicted and sentenced to 31 years in prison for the death of a 16-month-old in her care, but her attorneys argue that critical evidence that might have cleared her was ...

Melissa Calusinski has been behind bars in Illinois for 16 years in a case plagued by allegations of evidence manipulation, coerced confession and flawed medical opinions.

Melissa Calusinski has been behind bars in Illinois for 16 years in a case plagued by allegations of evidence manipulation, coerced confession and flawed medical opinions.

Former daycare worker Melissa Calusinski is serving 31 years at Logan Correctional Center in Lincoln, Illinois for murdering 16-month-old Benjamin Kingan, an act she said in a videotaped interview ...

The clemency hearing for Melissa Calusinski, a Carpentersville woman convicted of killing a toddler in 2009, was held on Tuesday.

Melissa Calusinski, the former suburban child-care worker whose fight for a new trial on charges she killed a toddler a decade ago has earned national attention, is asking the federal courts to ...

Paul Calusinski, father of Melissa Calusinski, cries as he speaks about his daughter's case and thanks his attorneys, Kathleen Zellner and Paul DeLuca, in Waukegan on Sept. 30, 2016.