Chicago Police Commander John Burge and his racist merry men tortured perhaps thousands of black men into confessions for crimes they didn't commit. And notice that all of these men were released from DEATH ROW.
How many innocent men were executed? Governor Ryan pardoned THIRTEEN men on Death Row in all, and he utimately put a moritorium on the death penalty that exists to this day 5 years later.

Burge lives in comfortable retirement in Florida on his city pension. City attorneys have decided that Burge cannot be charged with torture, because the statute of limitations has expired. I say hit him with federal civil rights laws. Burge and most of his merry men were white. [i]ALL of[b]...

Chicago Police Commander John Burge and his racist merry men tortured perhaps thousands of black men into confessions for crimes they didn't commit. And notice that all of these men were released from DEATH ROW.
How many innocent men were executed? Governor Ryan pardoned THIRTEEN men on Death Row in all, and he utimately put a moritorium on the death penalty that exists to this day 5 years later.

Burge lives in comfortable retirement in Florida on his city pension. City attorneys have decided that Burge cannot be charged with torture, because the statute of limitations has expired. I say hit him with federal civil rights laws. Burge and most of his merry men were white. ALL of the alleged victims were black.

You've said it all. The death penalty doesn't expire but a top cop and his minions, who make their repuation as cops by torturing black males for confessions, probably retain their PENSIONS.

And nobody knew? No judge or prosecutor twigged at the convenience of these confessions. IMO, they are all a part of a corrupt legal system.

While a black female athletic gets 6 months for lying. Wonder if she was white? OJ has a lot to answer for.

I recently worked on the election campaign of a challenger to a 34-year incumbent alderman in the 3rd Ward. The incumbent was an old fighter; she came up from the South as a teenager with Martin Luther King, Jr. and launched into Chicago politics as a loud advocate for her neighborhood. But time passed, and the neighborhood got worse, and the only ones who seemed to prosper were the Alderman and her family. Seriously, the block of 47th and Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive has a glittering community center (run by her daughter) that is hardly ever used, next to a restaurant and catering service (run by her daughter), next to a comedy club (run by her son).
The race on the ground was filled w...

I recently worked on the election campaign of a challenger to a 34-year incumbent alderman in the 3rd Ward. The incumbent was an old fighter; she came up from the South as a teenager with Martin Luther King, Jr. and launched into Chicago politics as a loud advocate for her neighborhood. But time passed, and the neighborhood got worse, and the only ones who seemed to prosper were the Alderman and her family. Seriously, the block of 47th and Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive has a glittering community center (run by her daughter) that is hardly ever used, next to a restaurant and catering service (run by her daughter), next to a comedy club (run by her son).
The race on the ground was filled with intrigue, threats, and simple robbery (stealing signs and literature). We survived the first round of balloting and took the Alderman on in the final round. I spent election day riding around the ward "putting out fires", while the next day the real house of a real co-worker of mine burned down.
We won. It was exhilirating. It was a little scary. And it was totally Chicago.