Burge sentenced to 4 and a half years

Jan. 21, 2011
Former Chicago Police Commander Jon Burge has been sentenced to four and a half years in prison for lying in court papers about police torture.In handing down the sentence Judge Joan Lefkow said the jury didn't believe Jon Burge when he testified at trial and neither did she.

Teen gets 26 years in beating case

Jan. 21, 2011
A judge in Chicago has handed down a 26-year sentence for a teen who pleaded guilty to participating in the beating death of a high school honor student that was caught on video.Seventeen-year-old Eric Carson pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in the 2009 death of 16-year-old Derrion Albert.The C