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Confessions of a Torturer

An Army Interrogator’s Story Read article.

Killed on Camera

Officer Alvin Weems shot an unarmed man point-blank in view of CTA security cameras. Investigators recommended that he be fired. Phil Cline promoted him. Read article.

A Long Way from Latvia

The young women came to Chicago illegally, expecting lucrative employment as dancers. Instead they found themselves working as strippers, prisoners of the “Lunatic of Lincolnwood.” Read article.

House of Screams

Torture by Electroshock: Could it happen in a Chicago police station? Did it happen at Area 2? Read article.