Jackie Wilson is comforted by civil rights attorney Flint Taylor at a news conference announcing a lawsuit against former Mayor Richard M. Daley, prosecutors and police on June 30, 2021.

Wilson spent 36 years in prison before a judge determined he was tortured into a false confession by disgraced former CPD Cmdr. Jon Burge and his detectives.

The defendant, Jackie Wilson, proclaimed his innocence in the 1982 cop killing with tears in his eyes. Wilson long alleged he was abused by notorious Chicago police Cmdr. Jon Burge after his arrest.

Known in the music world as “Mr. Excitement,” singer Jackie Wilson was a shell of his dynamic former self when he died in a hospital at the age of 49 in 1984. His fruitful, if short, career ...

He was fired from the police department in 1993 over the 1982 beating and burning of Andrew Wilson. Wilson died in prison in 2007, convicted twice in the murders of O'Brien and Fahey.

Singer Jackie Wilson, who helped usher in the emergence of soul and rhythm-and-blues music in the 1960s, was posthumously honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame Wednesday.

CHICAGO (CBS)— After nearly four decades living his life behind bars, convicted double-murderer Jackie Wilson was freed from prison today on bond while he awaits a retrial a judge ordered last ...

Jackie Wilson, center, his wife Sandra, left, and niece Candace, right, laugh outside Cook County Criminal Court after a hearing about prosecutorial misconduct on Oct. 2.

An upcoming documentary details the unique history of singer Jackie Wilson and the life of tribute artist Bobby Brooks-Wilson. Directed and produced by Orlando-based filmmaker Tony Grier, of AQuest… ...

Just last week Harlean Harris Wilson was reveling in the news of her late husband, Jackie Wilson, finally being recognized on the Hollywood Walk of Fame – 35 years after his death. The former… ...

Jackie Wilson won a second trial in 1989 and was convicted solely of Officer O’Brien’s murder. In 2015, the Illinois Torture Inquiry and Relief Commission recommended another new trial.

Jackie Wilson, a single mom from Ohio, lost her job in quarantine, but was determined to reach her goals. Here's how intermittent fasting helped her lost 50 pounds in quarantine.