Burge Won't Appear at Hearing for Torture Victim

A Florida judge refused to subpoena former Chicago Police Commander Jon Burge requiring his appearance at a hearing for torture victim Cortez Brown who was forced to confess to two murders he did not commit. The judge argued that the subpoena was essentially pointless as Burge would no doubt take the 5th Amendment at the hearing.

Previously, Cook County Judge Clayton Crane ruled that Burge was a matieral witness in Brown's wrongful conviction case and requested that the Florida judge issue a subpoena.

While Jon Burge won't appear at at hearing scheduled for Monday, May 18, the three detectives who directly worked for Burge and took part in the savage beatings--John O'Brien, John Paladino and Tony Maslanka--will be questioned by Locke Bowman, attorney for Brown and Legal Director of the Roderick MacArthur Justice Center.