Legal Opinion
United States v. Jon Burge
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 1, 2013No. 11-1277PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge.
Former Chicago Police Commander Jon Burge presided over an interrogation regime where suspects were suffocated with plastic bags, electrocuted until they lost consciousness, held down against radiators, and had loaded guns pointed at their heads during rounds of Russian roulette. The use of this kind of torture was designed to inflict pain and instill fear while leaving minimal marks. When Burge was asked about these practices in civil interrogatories served on him years later, he lied and denied any knowledge of, or participation in, torture of suspects in police…
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