Ex-prosecutors charged after probe of cop-slaying trial

Get Nadine White's Race Report newsletter for a fresh perspective on the week's news Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Trutenko, who was a Cook County assistant state's attorney at the time, testified in 2020 that he was a longtime friend of William Coleman, a central witness in the 1989 trial of Jackie Wilson. A spokesperson for the Cook County State’s Attorney's office said in a statement Wednesday that Horvat was fired in 2021, the Chicago Sun-Times reported. “You have Jackie Wilson, who was tried three times — 1982, 1989 and 2020 — and he never received a fair trial in any of those trials. Attorney Terry Ekl in a statement Wednesday said the charges against his client Horvat are “a travesty of justice.” Former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and his successor, current Mayor Lori Lightfoot, are among those who have spoken publicly about how ex-police commander Burge’s crew sought confessions from at least 100 African Americans, using electric shocks to their genitals, suffocating them with typewriter covers and shoving guns in their mouths.