Police Torture

State's Attorney Forms New Team To Handle Wrongful Conviction Cases

Posted 02.03.2012

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On Thursday, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled that Stanley Wrice, an Illinois inmate who claims that officers beat him with a flashlight and rubber ho...

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Court Ruling Has Big Implications For Police Torture Victims

AP | KAREN HAWKINS | Posted 04.03.2012

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CHICAGO — An Illinois Supreme Court ruling that gave one inmate new hope for freedom Thursday also could revive appeals by more than a dozen oth...

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Mexico Police Allegedly Tortured 5 Suspects

AP | Posted 01.02.2012

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MEXICO CITY -- Mexican human rights authorities say five men detained in the killings of two agents and a car-bomb attack in Ciudad Juarez were tortur...

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5 Police Officers Face Torture Charges

AP | Posted 02.26.2012

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MEXICO CITY — The Mexico City prosecutors' office says five police officers have been arrested in connection with a video that appears to show t...

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Another Tortured Confession? Court To Hear Inmate's Case

AP | KAREN HAWKINS | Posted 11.15.2011

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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinois Supreme Court justices challenged prosecutors Thursday about the strength of their evidence in the rape conviction ...

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Hypocrisy, Vice-Presidential Style

Andrea Lyon | Posted 10.30.2011

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In the process of promoting his book, former Vice President Dick Cheney has said that he supports waterboarding of suspects, just as long as they are ...

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Judge: Former Mayor Daley Can Be Sued As Defendant In Burge Case

Chicago Sun-Times/NBC Chicago | Posted 10.10.2011

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For the first time, a federal judge has ruled former Mayor Richard M. Daley can be sued as a defendant for his alleged role in what plaintiffs claim i...

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After 28 Years In Prison, Convict Talks His Way Out Of Four Life Sentences

Chicago Reader | Tori Marlan | Posted 07.06.2011

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One sunny March morning, freed murder convict and tireless rabble-rouser Mark Clements was getting the kind of attention that had eluded him in the ne...

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City's Head Still in the Sand on Burge Torture Scandal

Locke Bowman | Posted 05.25.2011

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The taxpayers of Chicago shouldn't have to pay lawyers' fees so that Burge can avoid another criminal prosecution.

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Madigan Wants Burge Pension Terminated

Posted 05.25.2011

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Last month, Chicago's Police Pension Board voted to allow convicted police lieutenant Jon Burge to keep his $3,000-a-month pension. The news outraged ...

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Dad Cleared In Daughter's Accuses County Cops Of Torture

AP | KAREN HAWKINS | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHICAGO — A man who spent five years in jail for the Mother's Day murders of his daughter and her friend before DNA evidence cleared him filed a...

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The Letters That Launched A Notorious Police Abuse Probe

AP | SHARON COHEN | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHICAGO — The anonymous letters to attorney G. Flint Taylor arrived in police department envelopes, and so the mysterious author was dubbed "Dee...

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Who Polices The Police? John Conroy Reflects On The Jon Burge Trial

Better Government Association | Posted 05.25.2011

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U.S. District Court Judge Joan Lefkow began her sentencing of former Chicago police commander Jon Burge last Friday by asking the commander to stand d...

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Jon Burge Sentenced To 4 1/2 Years In Prison: Convicted Of Lying About Police Torture

AP | KAREN HAWKINS | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHICAGO — Decades after young black men in Chicago first began claiming that a white policeman shocked, burned and suffocated them to get confes...

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Federal Judge Denies Conflict Of Interest, Won't Step Down From Burge Case

AP | TAMMY WEBBER | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHICAGO — A federal judge said Wednesday that she won't step aside before sentencing a former Chicago police lieutenant convicted of lying about...

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John Burge Sentencing Postponed, Ex-Cop Convicted Of Lying About Police Torture

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHICAGO — The sentencing of a former Chicago police lieutenant convicted of lying about the torture of suspects has been postponed. Jon Burge w...

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Jon Burge Trial: Jury Begins Deliberations

AP | KAREN HAWKINS | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHICAGO — Former Chicago police Lt. Jon Burge was cast as both a calculating torturer who took the law into his own hands and an honorable inves...

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Primary Witness Heard In Jon Burge Police Torture Trial, Defense Makes Its Case Today

WBEZ | Posted 05.25.2011

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The government put on its last witnesses yesterday, and today we hear the defense case. The primary witness today was Shadeed Mu'min, whose treatment ...

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Lawyer: Burge Said 'Black Box' Shock Device Left 'No Marks'

WBEZ | Posted 05.25.2011

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Attorney Casandra Watson, who represented Burge victim Melvin Jones after his 1982 arrest by Area 2 detectives, testified this morning to a sort of jo...

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John Burge Trial: Jury Selection Continues

WBEZ | Posted 05.25.2011

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The jury pool for the Burge trial will be winnowed on Monday. Dean Polales, who worked as an assistant US Attorney for 21 years and is now a white col...

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John Burge Perjury Trial Begins, Prosecutors Say They Will Prove He Encouraged Torture

Posted 05.25.2011

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The federal perjury trial for former police commander Jon Burge, who allegedly led a crew of officers who tortured confessions out of hundreds of susp...

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WATCH: Burge Torture Victim's Emotional Reaction To Guilty Verdict

Posted 05.25.2011

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Mark Clements was 16-years-old when he was tortured into confessing to crimes he did not commit by police officers under the command of Jon Burge. He ...

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Jon Burge GUILTY: Jury Convicts Alleged Police Torturer Of Lying Under Oath

AP | KAREN HAWKINS | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHICAGO — A decorated former Chicago police lieutenant accused of suffocating, shocking and beating confessions out of scores of suspects was co...

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Alleged Torturer Jon Burge Says He Named His Boat 'Vigilante' At Random

AP | KAREN HAWKINS | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHICAGO — A former Chicago police official charged with lying about the torture of suspects testified Monday that the fact that he named one of ...

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Jon Burge Takes The Stand, Denies Torturing Suspects

AP | KAREN HAWKINS | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHICAGO — A former police lieutenant whose name has become synonymous with police brutality in Chicago ended years of silence about allegations ...

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