CHICAGO (WLS) -- Gerald Reed, who has served decades in prison while insisting he was tortured to force him to confess to a double murder, was released Friday after more than 30 years behind bars. Gov ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Gerald Reed, who has long alleged he was a victim of police torture, was acquitted Wednesday after a retrial of his double-murder ...

CHICAGO (CBS)-- Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker on Thursday commuted the sentence of Gerald Reed, who said he was tortured into a double murder confession. claims he had been tortured into falsely ...

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CHICAGO – Governor J.B. Pritzker has commuted Gerald Reed’s sentence, the man who claimed he was tortured into falsely confessing to a 1990 double murder under former Police Commander Jon Burge.

CHICAGO — A man sentenced to life in prison for a 1990 double-murder homicide was found not guilty Wednesday after spending most of his life behind bars. The case took 30 years to solve after Gerald ...

The key witness testified in a gravelly voice, through a shaky Zoom connection, with long pauses for violent coughing fits. But she got a key message across: The last time she saw Pamela Powers, ...

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Thursday commuted the sentence of Gerald Reed, according to an attorney for the longtime inmate whose allegations of abuse at the hands of Chicago police set him on a ...

A year after he was found not guilty of a 1990 double murder for which he spent three decades behind bars, Gerald Reed is suing the city and the officers he said tortured him into a false confession.