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Burge Torture

Attorney General Madigan Moving Burge Police Torture Cases To Cook County State's Attorney

Chicago Sun-Times | John Conroy and Maurice Possley | Posted 01.22.2009 | Chicago

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After five years of fighting to keep Chicago Police torture cases from being reopened, Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan is seeking to shift resp...

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Chicago Police, Burge And Current Interrogation Practices

Tracy Siska | Posted 11.27.2008 | Chicago

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Tracy Siska

For all the bellowing about the fact that more should have been done twenty years ago to stop Burge, nothing is being done to stop the illegal and abusive tactics of today.

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Burge Pleads Not Guilty

Posted 11.27.2008 | Chicago

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UPDATE Carol Marin reports that the Fraternal Order of Police is rumored to be paying for Burge's criminal defense. Burge lawyer Bill Gamboney said o...

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Daley Sarcastic About Burge Torture

Chicago Sun-Times | Fran Spielman | Posted 11.23.2008 | Chicago

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Mayor Daley on Thursday issued a sarcastic blanket apology for the alleged torture of suspects by former Chicago Police Lt. Jon Burge. "The best way ...

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Jon Burge Arrested In Torture Cases

AP | Mike Robinson | Posted 11.21.2008 | Chicago

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Scroll down for video of Mayor Daley's response, the alleged victims speaking out, U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald explaining the charges and more ba...

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Jon Burge, The Olympics and Torture in Chicago

Monroe Anderson | Posted 09.19.2008 | Chicago

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Monroe Anderson

In a quixotic quest for justice, a civil rights group is out to expose America's third-largest city as, according to an attorney, "the torture capital of the world."

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