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After former police commander Jon Burge left the stand yesterday, the jury was excused for a break.‚  While they were gone, defense witness Ricky Shaw entered from a side door and clanked across the room to the witness stand.‚  Not wanting the jury to know he was fettered and handcuffed, Judge Joan

Prosecutor David Weisman resumed his cross-examination of former commander Jon Burge yesterday morning, drilling in on how Burge handled or mishandled his weapon.

Although testimony from five victims has been presented in the government's case against former police commander Jon Burge, Andrew Wilson's stands most prominently among them.

Justice came more rapidly yesterday afternoon than Burge's attorneys expected. I wrote on defense lawyer Marc Martin's motion for judgment of acquittal, filed on Tuesday, quoting him saying that he wasn't sure Judge Joan Lefkow would rule on the motion before the end of trial.