Jon Burge Police Torture Trial Delayed Because Of Cancer
Former Chicago Police Cmdr. Jon Burge, recently diagnosed with prostate cancer, has won a third delay of his trial, over a prosecutor's objections....
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Burge Prosecutor Jeff Cramer Leaving U.S. Attorney's Office
Chicago Sun-Times | NATASHA KORECKI | Posted 10.05.2009 | Chicago
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In nearly a decade with the U.S. attorney's office in Chicago, he took on defendants including media baron Conrad Black and successfully prosecuted on...
Alton Logan Sues City, Burge Over Wrongful Murder Conviction
Chicago Public Radio | Tony Arnold | Posted 10.19.2009 | Chicago
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A Chicago man who spent 26 years in prison for a murder he didn't commit is now suing the city....
State Commission To Probe Burge Police Torture Cases, But No Money For Staff
Chicago Public Radio | Rob Wildeboer | Posted 09.11.2009 | Chicago
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Imprisoned men who say they were tortured by Former Chicago Police Commander Jon Burge have a new venue to air their cases. ...
Jon Burge Trial Date Set
AP | Posted 08.22.2009 | Chicago
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CHICAGO (AP) -- A federal judge has scheduled a January trial for former Chicago police supervisor Jon Burge, who's accused of lying under oath about ...
Another Burge Torture Case Crumbles: 2 Convicted In 1988 Murder To Go Free
Chicago Sun-Times | RUMMANA HUSSAIN | Posted 08.07.2009 | Chicago
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The Illinois Attorney General's Office today dropped charges against two men convicted of five murders two decades ago....
Alleged Police Torture Victim Cortez Brown Granted New Trial After 18 Years Behind Bars
AP | Posted 06.22.2009 | Chicago
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CHICAGO (AP) -- An inmate who claimed police tortured him into confessing to two murders he didn't commit was granted a new trial Friday after 18 year...
Police Brutality Cases Have Cost Chicago $20 Million
Windy Citizen | Len Kody | Posted 06.20.2009 | Chicago
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Last week former Chicago Police Commander Jon Burge was in the news again, narrowly avoiding testifying in the case of a convicted murderer who says B...
Cortez Brown: I Confessed To Murder To End Torture By Police
AP | Posted 06.18.2009 | Chicago
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CHICAGO — An inmate seeking a new murder trial claims he was tortured so badly by Chicago police officers in the 1990s that he would have signed...
Jon Burge Won't Testify At Cortez Brown Trial: Judge
AP | Posted 06.12.2009 | Chicago
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CHICAGO (AP) -- Former Chicago Police Commander Jon Burge won't testify at a hearing for an inmate who wants a new trial and claims he was tortured in...
Alleged Torture Cop Burge Wants Trial Moved Out Of Chicago
AP | Posted 05.31.2009 | Chicago
Attorneys for former Chicago police commander Jon Burge have asked a judge to move his obstruction of justice and perjury trial out of the city becaus...
Judge: Alleged Torture Cop Burge Can Be Subpoenaed To Testify
AP/Huffington Post | Posted 05.30.2009 | Chicago
UPDATE 1:40 P.M. A judge granted permission, without any objection from prosecutors, to Cortez's lawyers to subpoena Jon Burge to testify in court, t...
Court Asked To Force Jon Burge To Testify
Chicago Sun-Times | RUMMANA HUSSAIN | Posted 05.15.2009 | Chicago
Lawyers for a man who claims he was tortured and forced to confess to murder during Jon Burge's reign asked a Cook County judge today to subpoena and ...
Special Prosecutor Named For Burge Police Torture Cases
AP | Posted 05.08.2009 | Chicago
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CHICAGO (AP) -- One public defender says he was surprised that a Cook County judge today ordered a special state's attorney to prosecute a batch of po...
Burge Police Torture Cases Ruling Soon: WBEZ
Chicago Public Radio | Posted 05.08.2009 | Chicago
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A Cook County judge today is expected to make a ruling on several cases related to police torture. Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan says the cas...
Alderman Urges Madigan To Prosecute Burge Torture Cases, Warns Of Political Retribution
Associated Press | Posted 03.28.2009 | Chicago
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CHICAGO (AP) -- Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan is being threatened with political retribution if she insists on washing her hands of torture c...
Quinn Doesn't Plan To Pardon Alleged Burge Torture Victims
Chicago Defender | Kathy Chaney | Posted 03.21.2009 | Chicago
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Alleged torture victims of former Chicago police Cmdr. Jon Burge who pleaded for pardons by former Gov. Rod Blagojevich days before his removal from o...
"Chicago Eddie" Signs Off
Howard Wolinsky | Posted 03.08.2009 | Chicago
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I was talking to a legend of Chicago radio: Eddie Schwartz, my old friend from school and Cub Scouts. Eddie was a maestro, playing callers off one another, weaving a rich tapestry of radio patter.
Government Widens Chicago Police Torture Probe: Report
Chicago Tribune | Steve Mills and Jeff Coen | Posted 03.07.2009 | Chicago
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Federal prosecutors continue to investigate decades-old allegations that Chicago police routinely tortured murder suspects, focusing on a half-dozen d...
Alleged Burge Torture Victims Seek Blagojevich Pardons
Chicago Defender | Kathy Chaney | Posted 02.28.2009 | Chicago
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Afraid their appeals will fall on deaf ears if Gov. Rod Blagojevich is ousted, several relatives of victims tortured by former Chicago police Commande...
Lawsuit Seeks To Stop Police Union From Paying For Alleged Torture Cop Burge's Defense
Chicago Tribune | Carolyn Starks | Posted 02.02.2009 | Chicago
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A current and a former Chicago police officer are asking a judge to stop the Fraternal Order of Police from paying legal fees for former Cmdr. Jon Bur...
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...
Police Union To Pay For Jon Burge's Federal Defense
Chicago Tribune | David Heinzmann and Steve Mills | Posted 01.05.2009 | Chicago
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The union representing Chicago's police officers has decided to pay for the criminal defense of indicted former detective Cmdr. Jon Burge, who is faci...
The City's Massive Lawsuit Payments
Chicago Reader | Mike Dumke | Posted 01.01.2009 | Chicago
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In January, after years of legal and political battles, the city agreed to pay $19.8 million to settle lawsuits by four men who were tortured by polic...
Man Who Alleges Burge Torture Appeals Murder Convictions
Associated Press | Don Babwin | Posted 12.26.2008 | Chicago
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A man whose death sentence was commuted to life in prison by former Illinois Gov. George Ryan has filed a petition to get his murder conviction overt...
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Chicago Sun-Times | NATASHA KORECKI | Posted 11.05.2009 | Chicago