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CHICAGO — A decorated former Chicago police lieutenant accused of choking, shocking and beating confessions out of scores of suspects was convicted Monday of federal perjury and obstruction-of-justice charges for lying about the torture of suspects.
Jurors deliberated for parts of three days before finding former Lt. Jon Burge guilty. Burge, who did not react as the verdict was read, faces 45 years in prison when he’s sentenced by U.S. District Judge Joan Lefkow.
Burge’s name has become synonymous with police brutality and abuse of power in the country’s third-largest city.
