Chicago will pay $14 million to settle two wrongful conviction lawsuits tied to the Burge torture era.
will pay $14 million to settle two wrongful conviction lawsuits tied to the Burge torture era.
Burge led a "midnight crew" of rogue detectives accused of torturing more than 100 suspects, mostly Black men, from 1972 to 1991, in order to secure confessions. His alleged victims were shocked with cattle prods, smothered with typewriter covers and had guns shoved in their mouths. The allegations against Burge and his men even helped shape Illinois' debate over the death penalty. Then-Gov. George Ryan released four condemned men from death row in 2003 after Ryan said Burge extracted confessions from them using torture. The allegations eventually led to a moratorium on executions in Illinois. The state officially abolished the death penalty in 2011.
"I don't know that Jon Burge got a fair shake based on the years and years of service that he gave the city," Angelo previously said.
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