On Monday, civil rights lawyer Jennifer Bonjean accused Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke of using intimidation tactics against witnesses in police misconduct cases. Bonjean alleged that O’Neill Burke instructed prosecutors to threaten her client, Wilfredo Torres, with perjury charges to discourage him and others from recanting testimony in such cases. Bonjean claimed these actions were meant to send a message to defense attorneys handling wrongful conviction cases that there’s “a new sheriff in town.” O’Neill Burke assumed office just a month ago.