A man who spent nearly four decades in prison before he was cleared of the 1982 murders of two Chicago police officers is in line for a $12.7 million settlement from the city.
The City Council Finance Committee on Monday will vote on a recommendation from the city’s Law Department to settle Jackie Wilson’s lawsuit claiming disgraced former Chicago Police Cmdr. Jon Burge and detectives under his command tortured him into a false confession to the killings of officers Richard O’Brien and William Fahey. If approved by the Finance Committee, the full City Council could vote on the settlement on Wednesday.
Wilson has claimed Burge and detectives under his command beat him with a dictionary, stuck a gun in his mouth and played Russian roulette, and gave him electric shocks…