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| STORY:"Torture victim sues Chicago and police," by reporter Jack Bouboushian, published by the Courthouse News Service on May 24, 2013.
GIST: "One of
Chicago police Cmdr. Jon Burge's torture victims spent 24 years in
prison for an arson-murder he did not commit after cops made him confess
by beating him "so violently he was urinating blood," the man claims in
court. James Kluppelberg sued Burge, 13 police officers, two
members of the Chicago Fire Department, and the City of Chicago in
Federal Court......... "Additionally,
to buttress the false confession and witness statements, the defendants
conspired to fabricate arson evidence. Although the original fire
investigators found that the origin and cause of the fire could not be
determined because of the complete destruction of the building and the
absence of any accelerant, the defendants ignored this scientifically
sound conclusion and instead manufactured bogus 'findings' to
corroborate the false witness statements. Just as with the confession
and statements, the defendants knew that this evidence was false but
nonetheless used it to wrongfully convict Mr. Kluppelberg. "Indeed,
well before Mr. Kluppelberg's arrest and conviction, the defendants
were aware of a likely, alternative suspect for the arson. This person
had admitted to setting fire to a nearby home and to possibly having set
the fire for which Mr. Kluppelberg was ultimately arrested and
wrongfully convicted. Despite the obvious exculpatory value of this
information, it was never disclosed to Mr. Kluppelberg or his defense
attorneys nor even to the prosecutor. It was intentionally buried in
violation of Mr. Kluppelberg's constitutional rights."
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The entire story can be found at:
http://www.courthousenews.com/2013/05/31/58090.htm
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The
Toronto Star, my previous employer for more than twenty incredible
years, has put considerable effort into exposing the harm caused by Dr.
Charles Smith and his protectors - and into pushing for reform of
Ontario's forensic pediatric pathology system. The Star has a "topic"
section which focuses on recent stories related to Dr. Charles Smith. It
can be found at:
http://www.thestar.com/topic/charlessmith
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http://smithforensic.blogspot.com/2011/05/charles-smith-blog-award-nominations.html
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