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NNN0LHI Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-06-10 06:38 AM
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Jury selection begins in Jon Burge torture trial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-met-new-burge-trial-20100505,0,6079970.story

By Matthew Walberg, Tribune reporter

8:22 p.m. CDT, May 5, 2010
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One of the city's most persistent and troubling scandals reaches federal court Thursday when jury selection begins in the trial of Jon Burge, the former Chicago police detective accused of overseeing the torture of suspects.

For nearly two decades, Burge and his detectives allegedly sent dozens of men to prison on the basis of coerced confessions, deepening bitterness between police and minorities and helping inspire former Gov. George Ryan to reject capital punishment and empty the state's death row.
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mucifer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-06-10 06:57 AM
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1. burge has been dodging justice for so long. I'd love to be on that jury.
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