| Description: | Report of the investigation by the Special State's Attorney, who was appointed and ordered by the Presiding Judge of the Criminal Division of the Circuit Court of Cook County In No. 2001 Misc. 4. Edward J. Egan, Special State's Attorney, and Robert D. Boyle, Chief Deputy Special State's Attorney, were appointed "to investigate the facts alleged by the petitioners and to determine if any prosecutions are warranted." Specifically, they were appointed "to investigate allegations of torture, perjury, obstruction of justice, conspiracy to obstruct justice, and other offenses by police officers under the command of Jon Burge at Area 2 and Area 3 Headquarters in the city of Chicago during the period from 1973 to the present." | |