There was the testimony, though, of another teen who later said detectives for corrupt Chicago Police Commander Jon Burge forced him to tell a lie in court. Thursday night, Johnson walked out of ...

More than 12 years after 15-year-old Hadiya Pendleton was shot and killed in a case that drew international attention, a judge Tuesday once again ordered her alleged shooter held in jail while ...

The detectives on Johnson's case had worked under disgraced former Cmdr. Jon Burge, and are now well known for abusive and coercive tactics. After years of fighting to prove his innocence ...

A U.S. appeals court refused to overturn a perjury conviction against former Chicago police commander Jon Burge, who is serving a 54-month prison sentence. The cases of five men allegedly tortured ...

had been a trainee of former Chicago Police Commander Jon Burge. Burge was accused of leading a group of officers that tortured and physically abused more than 100 individuals in an effort to ...

Additionally, a juvenile co-defendant has recanted his testimony, sharing that police who worked under disgraced Chicago police commander Jon Burge forced him to falsely accuse Johnson ...

Detectives on the case had previously worked under disgraced former Cmdr. Jon Burge, who oversaw the torture and coerced confessions of at least 125 people from the 1970s to the 1990s. Burge was ...

Jackie Wilson was convicted in his first trial because of a confession, which was later determined to have been coerced by infamous former Police Sergeant Jon Burge. Wilson was clearly ...

His research focuses on the intersection of race, policing, and social movements. His first book, Beyond the Usual Beating: The Jon Burge Police Torture Scandal and Social Movements for Police ...