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Jon Graham Burge (December 20, 1947 – September 19, 2018) was an American police detective and commander in the Chicago Police Department.He was found guilty of lying about "directly participating in or implicitly approving the torture" of at least 118 people in police custody in order to force false confessions.
Richard Leo, a law professor at the University of San Francisco and a leading expert on the topic, said “police-induced false confessions are a leading cause of wrongful conviction of the ...
He is a Clinical Professor of Law at the Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law in Chicago, where he has been on the faculty since 1991. [1] At Northwestern, Drizin teaches courses on Wrongful Convictions and Juvenile Justice. [2] He has written extensively on the topics of police interrogations and false confessions. [3]
Police misconduct is inappropriate conduct and illegal actions taken by police officers in connection with their official duties. Types of misconduct include among others: sexual offences, coerced false confession, intimidation, false arrest, false imprisonment, falsification of evidence, spoliation of evidence, police perjury, witness tampering, police brutality, police corruption, racial ...
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Guilty on 5 of 6 counts of disorderly conduct for making a false report to the Chicago Police Department: Prosecution: Dan K. Webb: Case history; Subsequent actions: Smollett sentenced on March 10, 2022, to 150 days in jail (stayed pending appeal), 30 months of felony court probation, $120,106 restitution to Chicago, and $25,000 fine: Court ...
A Muslim woman is suing the Chicago Police Department for an incident which she claims involved religious profiling and excessive force.
Long before Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke shot and killed a black teenager, sparking a public outcry and now a Justice Department probe into the city’s troubled police department, he had established a track record as one of Chicago’s most complained-about cops. Since 2001, civilians have lodged 20 complaints against Van Dyke. None ...