That Time A Cook County Judge Ruled On The Case Of A Man He Himself Put In Prison When He Was Still A Prosecutor

The Reader‘s archive is vast and varied, going back to 1971. Every day in Archive Dive, we’ll dig through and bring up some finds.

 Conroy’s story is remarkable not just because of the nature of this particular situation, but because it traces the way that people who were complicit in CPD torture made their way up into the ranks of the judiciary. He detailed the attempts of a group of torture victims to get their cases permanently removed from the grips of the Cook County judiciary: