Jon Graham Burge (born December 20, 1947) is a convicted felon and former Chicago Police Departmentdetective and commander who gained notoriety for torturing more than 200 criminal suspects between 1972 and 1991 in order to force confessions. A decorated United States Army veteran, Burge served tours in South Korea and Vietnam and continued as an enlistedUnited States Army Reserve soldier where he served in the military police. He then returned to the South Side of Chicago and began his career as a police officer. Allegations were made about the methods of Burge and those under his command. Eventually, hundreds of similar reports resulted in a decision by Illinois Governor George Ryan to declare a moratorium on death penalty executions in Illinois in 2000 and to clear the state's death row in 2003.
The most controversial arrests began in February 1982, in the midst of a series of shootings of Chicago law enforcement officials in Police Area 2, whose detective squad Burge commanded. Some of the people who confessed to murder were later granted new trials and a few were acquitted or pardoned. Burge was acquitted of police brutality charges in 1989 after a first trial resulted in a hung jury. He was suspended from the Chicago Police Department in 1991 and fired in 1993 after the Police Department Review Board ruled that he had used torture.
Chicago to pay $14M settlement tied to disgraced police Cmdr. Jon Burge
Chicago will pay $14 million to settle two wrongful conviction lawsuits tied to the Burge torture era.
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published: 27 Jan 2022
Man who claims confession was forced under Jon Burge may be released Friday
A Chicago man convicted during the era of police torture under Chicago Police Commander Jon Burge may be set free Friday. abc7.ws/2A9NZkx
published: 21 Dec 2018
Disgraced Ex-CPD Commander Jon Burge Dies; Was Linked To Dozens Of Torture Cases
Jon Burge, the infamous former Chicago Police commander who served a 4 ½-year sentence for lying about the torture of criminal suspects, has died at age 70.
published: 20 Sep 2018
Brothers tortured by disgraced Chicago police Cmdr. Jon Burge still picking up the pieces
Sean Tyler and his brother Reginald Henderson spent more than a quarter century in prison for crimes they did not commit after being tortured by disgraced CPD Sgt. Jon Burge. Full story: https://abc7chicago.com/jon-burge-torture-chicago-police-cpd/11512680/
published: 28 Jan 2022
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A brave and decorated cop on the mean streets of Chicago, Detective Jon Burge closes more cases than any other officer, almost always with a confession. His incredible record propels Burge up the ranks to become commander of the Violent Crimes Unit. So when death row inmates complain about exactly how this respected cop gets so many confessions, their claims are dismissed or ignored. But a tip-off from inside his own P...
published: 15 Feb 2023
Judge Denies New Trial For Man Who Says He Was Burge Victim
George Anderson claims he was tortured into a murder confession by detectives working under Cmdr. Jon Burge, but he was denied a new trial Thursday.
published: 16 Jan 2020
Disgraced Ex-CPD Commander Jon Burge Dies
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published: 19 Sep 2018
Martin: Jon Burge, Ex-Chicago Police Cmdr. Went Straight To Hell; Satan Has One Of His Own With Him
A couple of days ago, disgraced former Chicago police commander Jon Burge died.
Burge, leaves behind him a legacy of torture and misconduct, cost taxpayers in the City of Chicago more than $100 million in settlements as a result of tainted court convictions. According to the Sun-TImes, Burge and his "midnight crew" were accused of abusing more than 100 African American suspects.
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published: 21 Sep 2018
Jon Burge, disgraced former CPD commander, dead at 70
Jon Burge, a disgraced former Chicago Police Department commander, died at age 70 in Florida, officials said Wednesday: https://abc7.ws/2Nm492K
Chicago will pay $14 million to settle two wrongful conviction lawsuits tied to the Burge torture era.
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Jon Burge, the infamous former Chicago Police commander who served a 4 ½-year sentence for lying about the torture of criminal suspects, has died at age 70.
Jon Burge, the infamous former Chicago Police commander who served a 4 ½-year sentence for lying about the torture of criminal suspects, has died at age 70.
Jon Burge, the infamous former Chicago Police commander who served a 4 ½-year sentence for lying about the torture of criminal suspects, has died at age 70.
Sean Tyler and his brother Reginald Henderson spent more than a quarter century in prison for crimes they did not commit after being tortured by disgraced CPD S...
Sean Tyler and his brother Reginald Henderson spent more than a quarter century in prison for crimes they did not commit after being tortured by disgraced CPD Sgt. Jon Burge. Full story: https://abc7chicago.com/jon-burge-torture-chicago-police-cpd/11512680/
Sean Tyler and his brother Reginald Henderson spent more than a quarter century in prison for crimes they did not commit after being tortured by disgraced CPD Sgt. Jon Burge. Full story: https://abc7chicago.com/jon-burge-torture-chicago-police-cpd/11512680/
Meet Jon Burge, the Chicago Police Detective who tortured his suspects for confessions. Subscribe to Our Life: https://bit.ly/3dBMxvl
Unravel the shocking stor...
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Unravel the shocking stories of corrupted officials who spiral out of control, committing crimes and breaking the very laws they uphold. They were supposed to be the pillars of society but instead they committed terrible, destructive crimes.
A brave and decorated cop on the mean streets of Chicago, Detective Jon Burge closes more cases than any other officer, almost always with a confession. His incredible record propels Burge up the ranks to become commander of the Violent Crimes Unit. So when death row inmates complain about exactly how this respected cop gets so many confessions, their claims are dismissed or ignored. But a tip-off from inside his own PD drops a shocking bombshell about a terrible secret Burge may be hiding. Is Jon Burge a tough master interrogator, or is he something more sinister?
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Unravel the shocking stories of corrupted officials who spiral out of control, committing crimes and breaking the very laws they uphold. They were supposed to be the pillars of society but instead they committed terrible, destructive crimes.
A brave and decorated cop on the mean streets of Chicago, Detective Jon Burge closes more cases than any other officer, almost always with a confession. His incredible record propels Burge up the ranks to become commander of the Violent Crimes Unit. So when death row inmates complain about exactly how this respected cop gets so many confessions, their claims are dismissed or ignored. But a tip-off from inside his own PD drops a shocking bombshell about a terrible secret Burge may be hiding. Is Jon Burge a tough master interrogator, or is he something more sinister?
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A couple of days ago, disgraced former Chicago police commander Jon Burge died.
Burge, leaves behind him a legacy of torture and misconduct, cost taxpayers in ...
A couple of days ago, disgraced former Chicago police commander Jon Burge died.
Burge, leaves behind him a legacy of torture and misconduct, cost taxpayers in the City of Chicago more than $100 million in settlements as a result of tainted court convictions. According to the Sun-TImes, Burge and his "midnight crew" were accused of abusing more than 100 African American suspects.
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A couple of days ago, disgraced former Chicago police commander Jon Burge died.
Burge, leaves behind him a legacy of torture and misconduct, cost taxpayers in the City of Chicago more than $100 million in settlements as a result of tainted court convictions. According to the Sun-TImes, Burge and his "midnight crew" were accused of abusing more than 100 African American suspects.
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Chicago will pay $14 million to settle two wrongful conviction lawsuits tied to the Burge torture era.
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Jon Burge, the infamous former Chicago Police commander who served a 4 ½-year sentence for lying about the torture of criminal suspects, has died at age 70.
Sean Tyler and his brother Reginald Henderson spent more than a quarter century in prison for crimes they did not commit after being tortured by disgraced CPD Sgt. Jon Burge. Full story: https://abc7chicago.com/jon-burge-torture-chicago-police-cpd/11512680/
Meet Jon Burge, the Chicago Police Detective who tortured his suspects for confessions. Subscribe to Our Life: https://bit.ly/3dBMxvl
Unravel the shocking stories of corrupted officials who spiral out of control, committing crimes and breaking the very laws they uphold. They were supposed to be the pillars of society but instead they committed terrible, destructive crimes.
A brave and decorated cop on the mean streets of Chicago, Detective Jon Burge closes more cases than any other officer, almost always with a confession. His incredible record propels Burge up the ranks to become commander of the Violent Crimes Unit. So when death row inmates complain about exactly how this respected cop gets so many confessions, their claims are dismissed or ignored. But a tip-off from inside his own PD drops a shocking bombshell about a terrible secret Burge may be hiding. Is Jon Burge a tough master interrogator, or is he something more sinister?
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A couple of days ago, disgraced former Chicago police commander Jon Burge died.
Burge, leaves behind him a legacy of torture and misconduct, cost taxpayers in the City of Chicago more than $100 million in settlements as a result of tainted court convictions. According to the Sun-TImes, Burge and his "midnight crew" were accused of abusing more than 100 African American suspects.
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Jon Graham Burge (born December 20, 1947) is a convicted felon and former Chicago Police Departmentdetective and commander who gained notoriety for torturing more than 200 criminal suspects between 1972 and 1991 in order to force confessions. A decorated United States Army veteran, Burge served tours in South Korea and Vietnam and continued as an enlistedUnited States Army Reserve soldier where he served in the military police. He then returned to the South Side of Chicago and began his career as a police officer. Allegations were made about the methods of Burge and those under his command. Eventually, hundreds of similar reports resulted in a decision by Illinois Governor George Ryan to declare a moratorium on death penalty executions in Illinois in 2000 and to clear the state's death row in 2003.
The most controversial arrests began in February 1982, in the midst of a series of shootings of Chicago law enforcement officials in Police Area 2, whose detective squad Burge commanded. Some of the people who confessed to murder were later granted new trials and a few were acquitted or pardoned. Burge was acquitted of police brutality charges in 1989 after a first trial resulted in a hung jury. He was suspended from the Chicago Police Department in 1991 and fired in 1993 after the Police Department Review Board ruled that he had used torture.
Ronald Watts took their place alongside Jon Burge and his midnight crew of Area 2 detectives as the Chicago Police Department's most notorious bad actors and legal liabilities ... Burge was fired from the police department in 1993.
and was sentenced to 50 years in prison. Osborne Wade ...Related ... Jon Burge extracted his confession through torture, including kicking him in the ribs. Burge was fired over torture allegations brought by defendants in numerous criminal cases ... Related ... ....
I am a survivor of torture by Chicago Police, led by ex-Lt. Jon Burge. I spent 39 years in prison — 16 of them on death row — for crimes I did not commit. I wrote this letter to 21-year-old StanleyHoward on Nov ...Dear Stanley,. Do you know that on Nov.
In a career-making case, Trutenko had been the prosecutor in Wilson's second trial in 1989 and arranged the testimony of William Coleman in exchange for a plea deal in two of Coleman's pending cases ... Jon Burge ... Pat Nabong/Sun-Times ... ....
Jon Burge ... Charges against Wilson, who is a torture survivor of late Chicago Police DepartmentCommander Jon Burge, were dropped by the special prosecutor Thursday night after the discovery that a ...
26, 2015... (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune) ... 2 ... Jon Burge and detectives Reynaldo Guevara and Ronald Watts, whose legacies of torture and falsifying evidence spawned a reckoning for the city and a state commission tasked with investigating claims of torture.
18, City Council approved a $10.6 million settlement in favor of Anthony Jakes, who was tortured by detectives working under the notorious Jon Burge and spent 20 years in prison ... In the Burge cases, ...
... Ese acuerdo se puso en marcha hace muchas décadas, cuando se pensaba que los policías no podían hacer nada malo, antes de que el difunto comandante de policía Jon Burge demostrara lo contrario.
... never any share paid by the wrongdoing cops? That arrangement was put in place many decades ago when it was thought cops could do no wrong, before the late PoliceCommander Jon Burge showed otherwise.
... lawsuits , including cases linked to two of the department’s most notorious members, Jon Burge and Ronald Watts.The payouts stem from five lawsuits filed in state and federal courts since 2019.
... Monday, the Finance Committee voted to pay $15 million to settle police misconduct lawsuits, including cases linked to two of the department’s most notorious members, Jon Burge and Ronald Watts.
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/>. Good afternoon, Chicago... ⏱️ ... Key quote ... Chicago taxpayers are on the hook for another $15 million to settle police misconduct lawsuits, including cases linked to two of the department’s most notorious members, Jon Burge and Ronald Watts ... 20 ... 813 W.
<img src="https.//cst.brightspotcdn.com/58/07/b7c4a1fb4bbdadf22063d923c681/6-21-10-hein-burge-2.jpg" alt="Former Chicago Police commander Jon Burge leaves the Dirksen Federal Building in 2010."