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, Sep 12, 2012
One to watch this fall: Offbeat performance collective Lucky Pierre
A hundred artistic acts of torture, right at your fingertips
by Justin Hayford
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, May 16, 2012
Bad cop, bad cop
Chicago police get ugly in
My Kind of Town
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The Whole World Is Watching
by Justin Hayford
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, May 1, 2012
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My Kind of Town
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by Michael Miner
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Bleader
, Nov 11, 2011
Looking after our own
For better or worse, we all would rather handle nasty matters like child abuse in house.
by Michael Miner
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, Jul 27, 2011
Gregory Miskiw — Brit tab vet plays roles in scandals in London, Chicago
Gregory Miskiw has turned up in scandals in London and Chicago
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Chicago Reader at Forty
, May 19, 2011
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The year in Chicago history via the pages of the
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, May 5, 2011
Who's Saying the Innocence Project Sprung a Killer, and Why?
by Michael Miner
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, Jan 24, 2011
The Sentencing of Jon Burge
Transcript of Judge Joan Lefkow's sentencing of former police commander Jon Burge
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, Jan 21, 2011
Jon Burge Sentenced to 54 Months in Prison
Jon Burge awaits sentencing.
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, Aug 17, 2010
24 Charges, One Pissant Conviction
A long trial and one cheesy conviction count for Rod Blagojevich, but the feds aren't done yet.
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Bleader
, Aug 4, 2010
Andrew Patner Talks Burge with John Conroy and Michael Miner
Is there a "torturable class" in most societies? Why didn't the Chicago dailies care about Burge?
by Whet Moser
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, Jul 20, 2010
On Snitchin'
The mayor condemns the culture of silence... on the streets.
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, Jul 15, 2010
John Conroy in CJR
Don Terry profiles John Carr in the Columbia Journalism Review
by Michael Miner
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, Jul 8, 2010
Conroy on Burge
The reporter who's spent 20 years investigating the police torture kingpin on why the perjury verdict surprised even him.
by Michael Miner
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, Jul 1, 2010
What We Don't Talk About When We Don't Talk About Torture, Pt. 2
Does the media minimize torture?
by Whet Moser
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, Jun 29, 2010
The Stain, Maybe, But What About That Smell?
The Burge stain is fading... but from whom?
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Blogs
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, Jun 28, 2010
Jon Burge Is Guilty
Jon Burge is convicted of lying under oath about police torture.
by Michael Miner
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, Jun 23, 2010
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You Can Lead a Horse to Water, But You Can't Make Him Object to Torture
What we don't talk about when we don't talk about torture.
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Bleader
, Jun 22, 2010
Jon Burge, Tough Guy
When Jon Burge testified in his own perjury trial, he sounded like a cop's cop.
by Michael Miner
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, Jun 3, 2010
Catch Up on the Burge Trial
Here's a who's-who to catch you up on the Burge Trial
by Whet Moser
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