CHICAGO, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- A federal magistrate set bail for an ex-Chicago police commander following his arrest on charges stemming from the alleged brutalizing of suspects.

CHICAGO, Jan. 10 (UPI) -- The Chicago City Council approved nearly $20 million in settlements for four men allegedly tortured into murder confessions by a former police commander.

CHICAGO, Dec. 8 (UPI) -- The city of Chicago tentatively has agreed to pay nearly $20 million to four African-American men allegedly tortured by police, it was reported Saturday.

CHICAGO, Dec. 7 (UPI) -- The city of Chicago has reportedly reached an agreement with four men who allegedly were tortured for their confessions by former police commander Jon Burge.

CHICAGO, Nov. 29 (UPI) -- Illinois officials say a former death row inmate allegedly tortured by Chicago police in 1982 has died in prison.

CHICAGO, Feb. 23 (UPI) -- Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley has been ordered to answer questions under oath about police misconduct when he served as Cook County state's attorney. The ruling by U.S. Magistrate Geraldine Soat Brown comes in the case of a pardoned death row inmate who,

CHICAGO, July 19 (UPI) -- A four-year investigation by special prosecutors has found a fired Chicago police commander and other officers tortured confessions out of suspects for years. The "systematic" torture of more than 100 criminal suspects included electric shocks, suffocatio

CHICAGO, June 3 (UPI) -- A judge has delayed release of a report on police torture in Chicago until the Illinois Supreme Court rules on protecting the identity of a witness.

CHICAGO, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Former Chicago police commander Jon Burge invoked the Fifth Amendment more than 100 times Wednesday rather than answer questions about alleged torture.