Illinois
Gerald Reed to face trial again despite claim of police abuse, governor's commutation
Prosecutors to try Gerald Reed again in a double-murder case more than 23 years old, despite claims of police abuse and a commutation from Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker.
In the long and tangled history of Cook County courts, there has never been a case quite like Gerald Reed’s.
Reed, 60 , slim and stern-faced, is set to stand trial Monday on charges of committing a gruesome double murder. In itself, that is not unusu... [11594 chars]