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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Frank Main

Wiping away tears, man who says he was Burge torture victim gets innocence certificate

Keith Walker last August outside the Dirksen federal courthouse after he filed a lawsuit asserting that he was wrongfully convicted of a 1991 murder. | Pat Nabong / Sun-Times

When a Cook County judge signed a certificate Friday declaring Keith Walker innocent of a 1991 murder, he couldn’t keep his composure.

Walker, who appeared via Zoom video in Judge Erica Reddick’s courtroom, began wiping his eyes. He started sniffling and crying. The judge asked him to turn off his microphone.

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