Politics

Jon Burge, a former Chicago police lieutenant, faces 45 years in jail for lying about the torture of suspects during the 1970s and 1980s. A jury found Burge guilty of perjury and obstruction of justice Monday after five convicted felons testified said that he and his officers shocked, suffocated and burned them into giving confessions. […]

Politics

Two Chicago men are free after spending twenty years in jail for a crime they did not commit. According to the Illinois Attorney General’s Office, charges were dropped against 42-year old Ronald Kitchen and 50-year old Marvin Reeves. After a re-investigation of the case it was determined that there was a lack of credible evidence […]