The Tribune reports that the special prosecutors investigating torture under former Chicago Police Commander John Burge.
Moreover, they have gathered 130,000 documents–a total of more than 1 million sheets of paper, they said–that chronicle the controversial legacy of one of Chicago’s most enduring police scandals.
A grand jury in the case has issued subpoenas, Egan and Boyle said, although in some instances, those subpoenaed have agreed to cooperate and have met with the special prosecutors outside the grand jury.
"Is there a reluctance to talk?" said Boyle. "For some of them, of course there is." Others, he said, have helped to move the inquiry forward.
"They’re not all saying, `I’m not going to talk to you,’" said Egan.
Egan and Boyle said that with help from attorneys and through their investigation, they have uncovered nearly two dozen new cases–bringing to 86 the total number they are investigating. They initially began work on 12 Death Row cases.
One hopes they are successful. After torturing suspects for years, Burge is now retired and living a nice life in Florida. That is wrong.