Attorneys for a former death row inmate filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against Jon Burge Wednesday night, just days after the former Chicago Police commander was convicted of lying about the torture of suspects.
The lawsuit also accuses Mayor Richard M. Daley of covering up torture while he was Cook County state’s attorney in the 1980′s. (more…)
Mayor Richard M. Daley today said he did “everything possible” as Cook County state’s attorney in the 1980′s, when some critics say he could have moved to end the alleged torture perpetrated by former Chicago Police commander Jon Burge. (more…)
Reaction to the conviction of former Chicago Police Commander Jon Burge on federal perjury and obstruction of justice charges Monday was intense and immediate, especially around the Dirksen Federal Building. The Chicago News Cooperative compiled the responses from alleged police torture victim Mark Clements, U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald and the attorney’s who prosecuted the case, Flint Taylor, a lawyer for many of Burge’s accusers, and other scenes from aftermath. (more…)
Jon Burge can live at his seaside home in Apollo Beach, Fla. until his November sentencing without electronic monitoring, a judge ruled this morning. (more…)
Jon Burge, the former Chicago Police commander at the center of the city’s decades long police torture scandal, was convicted today on federal charges of obstruction of justice and perjury. He faces up to 45 years in prison (more…)
The jury has reached a verdict in the federal trial of former Chicago Police Commander Jon Burge. It is expected to be announced shortly. (more…)
The parents of an attorney for former Chicago Police Commander Jon Burge were burgled last week. (more…)
As the jury in the federal trial of former Chicago Police Commander Jon Burge reconvened Monday, an expert said that the relative length of deliberations so far suggests that that the decision has not been easy. (more…)
The jury in the perjury trial of former Chicago Police Commander Jon Burge left for the weekend at 4:15 p.m. after deliberating all day. The U.S. Attorney’s office said the 12 members of the jury would return Monday morning to continue deliberation.
Burge is on trial on two counts of obstruction of justice and one count of perjury.
Closing arguments in the federal trial of former Chicago Police Commander Jon Burge concluded Thursday and the jury left for deliberations at 3 p.m.. The alternates were dismissed, leaving seven men and five women, including one black juror — a woman — to decide the verdict. The group broke for the day at 4:15 and plan to resume deliberations at 9:30 a.m. Friday. (more…)
