In this Dec. 11, 2013 file photo, Stanley Wrice walks with his attorneys Jennifer Bonjean, left, Heidi Linn Lambros, and his daughter Gail Lewis, right, as he leaves Pontiac Correctional Center in Pontiac, Ill. Wrice was released after serving more than 30 years in prison when a Cook County Judge overturned his conviction the day before and granted him a new trial. Cook County prosecutors said Thursday Dec. 12, 2013 they won’t retry Wrice for a 1982 rape. Wrice said Chicago police tortured him until he confessed to the crime. Earlier in the week a judge said Wrice should be freed and his conviction should be overturned because officers lied about how they treated him. The two officers who originaly interrogated Wrice refused to testify, citing their Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination.
M. Spencer Green
In this Dec. 11, 2013 file photo, Stanley Wrice walks with his attorneys Jennifer Bonjean, left, Heidi Linn Lambros, and his daughter Gail Lewis, right, as he leaves Pontiac Correctional Center in Pontiac, Ill. Wrice was released after serving more than 30 years in prison when a Cook County Judge overturned his conviction the day before and granted him a new trial. Cook County prosecutors said Thursday Dec. 12, 2013 they won’t retry Wrice for a 1982 rape. Wrice said Chicago police tortured him until he confessed to the crime. Earlier in the week a judge said Wrice should be freed and his conviction should be overturned because officers lied about how they treated him. The two officers who originaly interrogated Wrice refused to testify, citing their Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination.
M. Spencer Green
In this Dec. 11, 2013 file photo, Stanley Wrice walks with his attorneys Jennifer Bonjean, left, Heidi Linn Lambros, and his daughter Gail Lewis, right, as he leaves Pontiac Correctional Center in Pontiac, Ill. Wrice was released after serving more than 30 years in prison when a Cook County Judge overturned his conviction the day before and granted him a new trial. Cook County prosecutors said Thursday Dec. 12, 2013 they won’t retry Wrice for a 1982 rape. Wrice said Chicago police tortured him until he confessed to the crime. Earlier in the week a judge said Wrice should be freed and his conviction should be overturned because officers lied about how they treated him. The two officers who originaly interrogated Wrice refused to testify, citing their Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination.
M. Spencer Green
The city of Chicago will be receiving nearly $7 million dollars to fund eight new monuments, including a memorial dedicated to police torture survivors.
Reset learns about this effort to honor victims of former commander Jon Burge and his infamous “Midnight Crew.”
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