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Stanley Wrice freed after 30 years in Chicago police torture saga

PONTIAC, Ill. (AP) — During his more than 30 years behind bars, Stanley Wrice insisted he was innocent, that Chicago

Adam Howard / December 12, 2013

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Illinois lawmakers cut funds for police torture panel

CHICAGO (AP) - Dozens of Illinois prisoners who claim they confessed to crimes under police torture may never have their

TheGrio Staff / June 6, 2012

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Ex-Chicago mayor Daley to answer questions on police torture claims

CHICAGO (AP) - Former Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley has agreed to answer questions under oath about allegations that he

TheGrio Staff / April 10, 2012

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Court to rule in Chicago police torture case

CHICAGO (AP) - An inmate who says Chicago police officers tortured him into confessing to a brutal rape could learn

TheGrio Staff / February 2, 2012

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Ill. high court to hear police torture arguments

CHICAGO (AP) - Stanley Wrice, who has been imprisoned for more than 30 years, says officers working for notorious Chicago

TheGrio Staff / September 15, 2011

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New hearings sought in Chicago police torture case

CHICAGO (AP) - Fifteen incarcerated men who claim they were sent to prison by confessions that were beaten, burned

TheGrio Staff / August 10, 2011

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Corrupt Chicago cop Burge gets to keep pension

CHICAGO - A close vote by the police pension board rules that former Chicago police Cmdr. Jon Burge will get

TheGrio Staff / January 27, 2011