![]() Prosecutors could still make Wrice a defendant in a new trial, but it's less likely now. On Tuesday, December 10, Judge Richard Walsh ruled that two Chicago police officers lied about how they treated Wrice and his confession-and ordered him released on bond pending a new trial. That finally changed when the Illinois Supreme Court ordered the original trial court to reconsider the conviction. This was not uncommon in Burge-related cases-people agreeing to finger others in order to stop from being tortured themselves.īut judge after judge turned down Wrice's claims, finding procedural grounds to block him from having a new day in court to show he was innocent. Two of the witnesses who testified against Wrice at his original trial have now come forward to reveal that when they were questioned by police, they themselves were tortured and forced to implicate Wrice. Wrice and his lawyers have always had evidence from medical reports to show that he was tortured. He was found guilty and sentenced to 100 years in prison for rape, deviate sexual assault and other charges-along with several other Chicago men who have all since been released. ![]() At Area Two police headquarters, he was beaten with a flashlight and 20-inch piece of rubber until he made the confession the cops wanted him to. Wrice was arrested on September 9, 1982, in connection with a sexual assault. Jon Burge-who is now serving time in prison himself in connection with the torture ring he commanded. Wrice has been fighting for his freedom all that time, maintaining that he was another victim of the Chicago police torturers commanded by former Lt. ![]() SUPPORTERS OF Stanley Wrice rejoiced and celebrated on December 11 when he walked out of Pontiac Correctional Center south of Chicago after more than 30 years behind bars for a crime he did not commit. ![]()
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