Man allegedly tortured by Burge crew freed after 24 years behind bars

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http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/679364,CST-NWS-andrews04.article

24 YEARS BEHIND BARS | Family able to post $30,000 bail

December 4, 2007
BY ERIC HERMAN Criminal Courts Reporter [email protected]

After being locked up for nearly a quarter century, James Andrews is a free man.

Andrews, 45, made history in October when a Cook County judge threw out his murder convictions because of alleged torture by detectives working under former Chicago Police Cmdr. Jon Burge.

Judge Thomas Sumner did not free Andrews, though. Instead, he ordered a new trial and set Andrews' bond at $300,000.

One of Andrews' three sisters said it would be difficult for his family to post the 10 percent -- or $30,000 -- needed to free him. But since then, "his family got together the bail money," said Andrews' lawyer Scott Schutte.

"He spent Thanksgiving with his family for the first time in 25 years," Schutte said.

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1. One question:

is Andrews black? If so, that could be the reason for the new trial and for the torture to begin with. Corrupt cops are soooo willing to hurt minorities, who they perceive to be powerless.

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2. I think all of the people who were tortured by Burge and his thugs were black

There is a photo at the link.

Don