Coerced Confessions: How The Plea Bargain Replaced Physical Torture – Analysis
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By Chris Calton*
In 2010, Chicago police commander Jon Burge was convicted on counts of perjury and obstruction of justice and sentenced to four and a half years in prison. Although he was convicted of lying under oath, his real crime was what he was lying about. Over the course of his career, he participated in or oversaw the...