softheart
06-26-2003, 09:49 PM
I sure hope that he wins his suit againist these people.
softie
ILLINOIS:
A man who was pardoned from death row by former governor George Ryan filed
a 30 million dollar lawsuit against the city of Chicago Thursday.
Aaron Patterson is suing former police commander Jon Burge and several
other Chicago police officers in compensatory damages and punitive
damages.
Patterson claims he was tortured into falsely confessing in 1986 to a
murder after police threatened him with a gun. He said they beat him and
tried to suffocate him.
Patterson was 1 of 4 death row inmates pardoned by Ryan shortly before he
left the governors office in January.
(source: WEEK-TV news)
softie
ILLINOIS:
A man who was pardoned from death row by former governor George Ryan filed
a 30 million dollar lawsuit against the city of Chicago Thursday.
Aaron Patterson is suing former police commander Jon Burge and several
other Chicago police officers in compensatory damages and punitive
damages.
Patterson claims he was tortured into falsely confessing in 1986 to a
murder after police threatened him with a gun. He said they beat him and
tried to suffocate him.
Patterson was 1 of 4 death row inmates pardoned by Ryan shortly before he
left the governors office in January.
(source: WEEK-TV news)