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Criminal Defense Attorney Hallie M. Bezner

Know. Understand. Believe.

I know that innocent people get caught up in the system.

I know that police and prosecutors make mistakes.

I know that good people can make bad choices.

I understand the devastating consequences a criminal record can have on your life.

I believe that people are more than the worst thing they’ve ever done.

“I’ve come to believe that the true measure of our commitment to justice, the character of our society, our commitment to the rule of law, fairness, and equality cannot be measured by how we treat the rich, the powerful, the privileged, and the respected among us. The true measure of our character is how we treat the poor, the disfavored, the accused, the incarcerated, and the condemned.”

— Bryan Stevenson, Just Mercy

Adult & Juvenile Criminal Defense

  • First Degree Murder

  • Residential Burglary, Burglary, Robbery, Aggravated Robbery, Armed Robbery, Theft, Possession of Stolen Property

  • Possession of Controlled Substances, Possession of Controlled Substances with Intent to Deliver, Manufacture and Delivery of Controlled Substance, Methamphetamine-related offenses

  • Possession of Weapon by Felon, Aggravated Discharge of a Firearm, Aggravated Battery with a Firearm, Armed Habitual Criminal

  • Criminal Sexual Abuse, Aggravated Criminal Sexual Abuse, Predatory Criminal Sexual Abuse, Criminal Sexual Assault

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Anything about this day that made it higher stress? 😅 Yeah…. One or two things. I think the highest peak is the moment after evidence but before closing arguments when the state came to me and offered a plea to second degree murder and I to
Today I got to take my friend and client to his first meal in a restaurant since he went to prison in 2001 at the age of 16. 🥹🥹🥹
How lucky was I to get to share a stage with 3 men who were sentenced to DIE IN PRISON as CHILDREN last week?! Benard, Leonard, and Wendell were all told as children that they deserved to never leave the Illinois Department of Corrections in anythi
It somehow took an entire month to get to the office from southern Illinois, but a belated card from one of my favorite clients made my day. 😊
Stopped for lunch at Hobart’s on Tremont in Odell after a visit with a client at Pontiac Correctional Center. Hobart’s is owned by a retired Pontiac guard who has been a huge supporter of my client and plans to employ him to work there u
Incredible trip to Robben Island to see where Nelson Mandela was imprisoned, led by our tour guide who was also incarcerated at the prison at the same time.