Settling for Misconduct
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Case 10-CV-4551

$5,375,000

REVERSED CONVICTION

Lock-up Destroy/conceal/fabricate evidence Forced confession Legal access denied Threats/intimidation Torture Physical force Gun Other charges filed

Plaintiff: Michael Tillman

Incident date: 07/21/1986

Location: 727 E. 111th St.

Allegations:

Tillman spent almost 23 ½ years in a maximum-security prison for a murder, rape and kidnapping he did not commit. He confessed after he was tortured for several days by a group of detectives under the supervision of former police Cmdr. Jon Burge. Tillman was granted a certificate of innocence by the Circuit Court of Cook County in 2010.

RONALD BOFFO

PO AS DETECTIVE

5114
$5,375,000 total payments

JON BURGE

UNKNOWN

8660
$42,775,000 total payments

JOHN BYRNE

SERGEANT OF POLICE

7323
$11,525,000 total payments

PETER DIGNAN

LIEUTENANT OF POLICE

8309
$5,375,000 total payments

JOHN YUCAITIS

PO AS DETECTIVE

5378
$5,375,000 total payments

TERRY HILLARD

SUPT OF POLICE

7557
$22,928,958 total payments

JACK HINES

PO AS DETECTIVE

5912
$5,375,000 total payments

LEROY MARTIN

UNKNOWN

1851
$11,525,000 total payments

GEORGE PATTON

POLICE OFFICER

5934
$5,375,000 total payments