After about two hours of deliberation, a jury convicted Shoen Russell, 49, of first-degree murder, rejecting his claim that he was acting in self-defense when he shot Darin Mitchell, 48, of Champaign on Aug. 23. URBANA — A Champaign man sobbed on the witness stand Wednesday as he maintained that he never intended to kill a man who he said punched him without provocation. read more

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