Cook County Circuit Court Judge Paul P. Biebel Jr. has appointed David N. Yellen, Dean of Loyola University Chicago School of Law, to serve as Special Master to determine which state prisoners have valid claims that they were incarcerated because of a confession coerced through torture by Chicago police.
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