the illinois state legislature attempted to help the prosecution with the passage of a new illinois law, 725 ilcs 5/115-10.6, or "drew's law", which allows prosecutors to enter hearsay statements into evidence under certain conditions. passed while investigators were looking for stacy, the legislation permits courts to consider statements from "unavailable witnesses," provided that prosecutors are able to prove that the witness was killed to prevent his or her testimony and that the hearsay statements are reliable. analysis by the trial court under this new law led to eight out of fourteen hearsay statements being ruled inadmissible because they were insufficiently reliable. on appeal, however, the court of appeals reversed the trial court, ruling that the common law doctrine of forfeiture by wrongdoing, which is less restrictive than "drew's law", would allow the statements to be admitted.