Illinois Torture Inquiry and Relief Commission was created by a bill which was signed into law three years ago. It is committed to “fairly and impartially investigating a claim by any person who alleges that he or she has been tortured into making a false confesssion, and that the confession was used to obtain a conviction for that crime.”
It will make its first recommendations tomorrow, but then will go out of business…
Story from Chicago Tribune.
Excerpt:
On Tuesday, a state commission set up to investigate claims of police torture will refer its first cases to Cook County’s chief judge, beginning to fulfill its mandate to plumb one of Chicago’s most stubborn scandals by making recommendations for legal relief.
Then it will go out of business.
The Illinois Torture Inquiry and Relief Commission was approved by the Legislature and signed into law by Gov. Pat Quinn in the summer of 2009, a response to the long-standing scandal around former Chicago police Cmdr. Jon Burge and many of his subordinates, who were accused of torturing suspects to get confessions. Continue reading
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