Former Cop Jon Burge Testifies In Torture Lawsuits Today
Wednesday, September 1, 2004 at 05:09PM
TheSpook
A grand jury is also investigating allegations by 108
African-American men, who say they were tortured during interrogations
by Burge and his detectives. [see 8/30 BW for more]
Attorneys in Chicago Wednesday are questioning former
Chicago Police Commander Jon Burge, who was fired for allegedly
torturing a murder suspect to get a confession. Burge will give a
deposition in two federal civil rights lawsuits. Both suits were filed
by two former death row inmates pardoned by former Governor George
Ryan. The lawsuits allege the inmates were tortured into giving false
confessions by detectives working for Burge.[more ]
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