Inmate who alleges Chicago police torture released from Galesburg Prison

WGIL Square Logo 800px cmpGALESBURG, Ill. (AP) — An alleged victim of Chicago police torture has been released from prison after spending a quarter century behind bars.

An Illinois prison official says Shawn Whirl walked out of Hill Correctional Center in Galesburg shortly after noon on Wednesday.

The 45-year-old Whirl told The Associated Press in a brief telephone interview that he never gave up hope that he would be released from prison after giving what he says was a false confession to a detective who worked under disgraced former Chicago Police commander Jon Burge.

Two months ago, an appeals court vacated Whirl’s 1991 conviction and a Cook County judge dismissed the charges on Tuesday. The Illinois Torture Inquiry and Relief Commission also ruled that Whirl’s conviction was coerced.

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