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Freed after 30 years in prison, man getting life in order

| August 19, 2020 2:27 PM

CHICAGO (AP) — After nearly 30 years behind bars, a man who claimed he was tortured into confessing to a murder he didn’t commit by detectives working under Chicago Police Cmdr. Jon Burge is now free.

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