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Lawyers for an ailing 73-year-old man freed after 33 years in prison now say they can prove a high-ranking police officer lied under oath in a case tainted by a notorious squad of Chicago officers.
A man who spent 33 years in prison for a double murder he did not commit and who says he was tortured by protégés of former Chicago Police Cmdr. Jon Burge is suing the city and the detectives for $66 million.
A man who spent 33 years in prison for a brutal 1987 double murder filed a federal lawsuit Monday alleging Chicago police detectives working under former Commander Jon Burge beat him into confessing.
A man who spent 33 years in prison for a double murder he did not commit and who says he was tortured by protégés of former Chicago Police Cmdr. Jon Burge is suing the city and the detectives for $66 million.
A man who received a certificate of innocence after spending 33 years in prison in the 1987 death of his mother-in-law and her mother has filed a federal lawsuit against