By Sarah Mansur & Capitol News Illinois
• Mar 3, 2021
Robert Smith, a torture victim at the hands of the Chicago Police Department, is pictured here on the night he was released from prison on Oct. 23, 2020. Smith, who was imprisoned for 33 years, filed a civil lawsuit this week against the city and former CPD officers for more than $66 million in damages.
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One of the men who was tortured into giving a false confession by officers working under late Chicago Police Commander Jon Burge is suing the city and its former police officers for more than $66 million in damages.
Robert Smith, who was wrongfully convicted for a 1987 double murder, spent more than 33 years in prison but was declared innocent in November after successfully filing a claim with the state agency tasked with investigating police torture claims committed during Burge’s tenure, the Illinois Torture Inquiry and Relief Commission, in 2011.
A man who spent 33 years in prison for a double murder he did not commit and who says he was tortured by protégés of former Chicago Police Cmdr. Jon Burge is suing the city and the detectives for $66 million.
A man who spent 33 years in prison for a brutal 1987 double murder filed a federal lawsuit Monday alleging Chicago police detectives working under former Commander Jon Burge beat him into confessing.
A man who spent 33 years in prison for a double murder he did not commit and who says he was tortured by protégés of former Chicago Police Cmdr. Jon Burge is suing the city and the detectives for $66 million.
A man who received a certificate of innocence after spending 33 years in prison in the 1987 death of his mother-in-law and her mother has filed a federal lawsuit against