“For the next two decades, using the ever mounting evidence that the torture by Burge’s crew was systemic and profoundly racist, Cannon and his lawyers fought for his freedom; in 2004 Cannon was exonerated, and in 2007 he was released from prison. “

“Momentum is growing for a bill to finally help heal the wounds of years of torture of black men by the Chicago Police Department.”

“A decade after Illinois Governor George Ryan emptied death row and pardoned four innocent men who were tortured by police under Commander Jon Burge, the city of Chicago has not admitted to its collective crimes.”