A man who said he was beaten into confessing to a pair of killings admitted Monday that he did, indeed, commit one of those murders. Cortez Brown had claimed he was innocent in both crimes.
In the closing arguments Thursday, defense attorneys called Jon Burge a good man and great police officer, but prosecutors say he got away with torturing suspects for decades.
Chicago congressman Danny Davis says he will introduce a bill making torture by law enforcement officers a federal crime with no statute of limitations.
Some victims who claim they were tortured into confessing by a former Chicago commander and other officers say an arrest Tuesday is a major step toward justice.
The defense rested its case Tuesday in the trial of former Chicago police commander Jon Burge. He's charged with perjury in connection with the alleged torture of suspects.
Defense attorneys for a former Chicago police official accused of lying about the torture of suspects have opened their case by calling three lawyers to the stand.
A second alleged victim of police torture took the witness stand Thursday in the trial of former Chicago police lieutenant Jon Burge, who is charged with perjury and obstruction of justice.
The first witness took the stand Wednesday in the perjury trial of former Chicago Police Commander John Burge. Anthony Holmes testified he was shocked and suffocated by Burge and several other officers in 1973.
The jury selection process in the Jon Burge perjury and obstruction of justice trial was expected to be finished Wednesday morning, paving the way for opening statements.
A federal judge has questioned nearly four dozen potential jurors in the trial of former Chicago Police Lt. Jon Burge, who's accused of lying about the torture of suspects in the 1970s and 1980s.
Jury selection got under way Monday in the trial of former Chicago Police Lieutenant Jon Burge. He is accused of lying about whether he or detectives under his command tortured suspects into making confessions in the 1970s and 1980s.
Former Chicago Police Superintendent Richard Brzeczek is speaking out for the first time since former police commander Jon Burge was charged with lying about torture cases.
The Fraternal Order of Police has decided to pay the legal fees for Jon Burge, a former Chicago police lieutenant accused of lying about the torture of suspects.
A judge has ruled that former Chicago Police Commander John Burge can be called to testify in the case of a man in prison for murder who claims he was beaten until he confessed.
Having his case publically compared to the government's trial against Al Capone, former Chicago Police Commander Jon Burge is asking a federal judge to move his perjury trial out of Chicago.