Welcome to Wrongful Conviction False Confessions.

I'm Lauren Nyrider.

And I'm Steve Drizen.

Today, we're going to tell you about one of the worst police abuse scandals in US history.

For decades on the south side of Chicago, a group of white cops turned the interrogation

room into a torture chamber for black men.

Those cops called themselves the Midnight Crew.

We'll start by introducing you to one innocent man who encountered the Midnight Crew,

and ended up confessing to murder.

Eventually, it became all too clear that what happened to him had happened to hundreds of others, too.

Let's talk about how the Midnight Crew got exposed to daylight,

and what's being done to make sure this kind of police torture doesn't ever happen again.

I'm Amber Reffen.

And I've heard gorgeous sister Lacey Lamar.

In fact, Lacey is not that gorgeous.

Amber, get on with it.

Okay, everybody, we have exciting news to share.

We're teaming up with Will Ferrell's Big Money Players Network to bring you our brand new podcast called

The Amber and Lacey Lacey and Amber Show.

We did it.

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and take you along for the ride.

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