Burge Trial

We're going to be hearing about this for the next few weeks:

• Dressed in a black suit, tie, and blue shirt, former Chicago Police Cmdr. Jon Burge on Thursday spun around in his chair and seemed to struggle a bit as he stood up.

  "Morning, ladies and gentlemen," said the man who for decades has been accused of torturing murder suspects.

• While Burge and his underlings have long been accused of torturing suspects into giving confessions, he is not on trial for those actual acts. Burge is accused of lying on a sworn questionnaire that probed him of the alleged practices.

Amy bets if Shortshanks is on the subpoena list?