White Chicago Cop's credibility questioned by judges in at least 13 cases, defense attorneys told
/Cook County prosecutors recently notified defense lawyers in at least 10 criminal cases that a judge found the court testimony of a veteran Chicago police officer to be false, a determination about the officer's credibility that could affect the cases as they move to trial.
The state's attorney's office also has told defense lawyers in at least three other cases that another Cook County judge has cast doubt on testimony from two other police officers, raising questions about those cases as well.
Prosecutors notified the lawyers through a type of court filing commonly called a disclosure notice, and followed a Chicago Tribune investigation in May that found Chicago police were rarely punished when a judge found they had testified falsely or in a way that raised questions about their credibility.
The state's attorney's office, in fact, had done nothing about any of the officers' testimony until the Tribune investigation raised questions about the cases. The office then issued the disclosure notices, which the Tribune obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request. [MORE]
