Attorneys representing an inmate who alleges he was tortured into confessing by members of a Chicago police unit are a step closer to questioning that unit’s commander.
Attorneys representing an inmate who alleges he was tortured into confessing by members of a Chicago police unit are a step closer to questioning that unit’s commander. A Cook County judge ruled Wednesday that the attorneys can go to Florida, where former Commander Jon Burge lives, to ask a judge there for a subpoena. Such permission is needed for witnesses who live out of state. The attorneys contend that their client, Cortez Brown, is innocent of two 1990 murders for which he was convicted. They say he only confessed after detectives beat him. Burge has been charged in federal court with perjury and obstruction of justice for allegedly lying under oath in a civil lawsuit when he denied knowing anything about or taking part in the torture of suspects. ______ Copyright 2009 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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