Burge Guilty

Jurors say Burge wasn't "credible." But neither were the accusers:

• The backgrounds of the accusers, some of whom were convicted murderers and former gang members, gave some jurors pause, they said.

  "They all have a big rap sheet," said Jane Smith of Peotone. "We took all that into consideration."

  Smith said she didn't find any of the five accusers particularly credible, although several jurors differed.

So Burge faces anywhere from probation to 40 years for Civil perjury. The appeals will also take years as Lefkow made more than a few questionable decisions throughout the trial over admissibility of defense evidence and testimony while allowing tapes from a convicted (and now dead) cop killer to take center stage.

We haven't heard the last of this one.