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How Scores of Black Men Were Tortured Into Giving False Confessions By Chicago Police

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Michael
- 81 days ago - alternet.org

More than 20 years after being tortured into giving confessions by Chicago police officers, dozens of black men remain behind bars.

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Tim Redfern (473)

Wednesday July 23, 2008, 4:17 pm
The Chicago Police Dept. has had a decades-old
reputation for being as corrupt as they come.
Civil rights?
What civil rights?

Thanks, Michael.
noted.

Just Carole (352)

Wednesday July 23, 2008, 4:49 pm

Absolutely correct, Tim. What is it about the administrators for America's third largest city that seems to promote/condone/cover up police brutality?

Thanks for posting this, Michael.

charles mclachlan (628)

Wednesday July 23, 2008, 5:08 pm
thanks michael

Esther S. (19)

Thursday July 24, 2008, 4:41 am
I have seen over the years that when a person is given the death penalty, he (or she) gets the help of the best attorneys for free. If he is just sentenced to prison even if it is for life, he (or she) does not get that same help. What is wrong with those attorneys? They don't think it matters if an innocent person is sentenced to prison as long as he (or she) isn't facing the death penalty?