Illinois Supreme Court rules Burge can keep his pension A decision today by Illinois Supreme Court that allows disgraced former Chicago police Cmdr. Jon Burge to keep his pension despite his felony conviction was called “an extremely disturbing outcome” by an attorney who has been involved in litigation against Burge for more than a quarter of a century. “I think that when you contrast it with the (torture victims) who bravely testified against him…some of them have no jobs and they’ve received no compensation from the city, yet Burge continues to get his compensation…” said attorney Flint Taylor, who has represented more than a dozen alleged torture victims of Burge and detectives under his command. “I find that to be an outrageous miscarriage of justice.” In a split vote, the Supreme Court upheld a Cook County judge’s ruling that allows Burge to keep receiving his pension despite his 2010 conviction for lying about the torture of suspects. At issue was whether Attorney General Lisa Madigan had the legal authority to challenge the administrative board’s split decision that allowed Burge to keep his approximately $3,000-a-month pension. In a 4-to-3 decision, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled that Madigan did not have the legal standing to intervene under the state’s pension statute.“What the [...] ilinnews/illinois-supreme-court-rules-burge-can-keep-his-pension/
Posted on: Fri, 04 Jul 2014 00:01:00 +0000
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