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CNN Presents: Tortured Justice with Omar Jimenez
CNN Presents is the home for powerful, narrative-driven audio storytelling, featuring in-depth reporting from CNN journalists. The new season, Tortured Justice with Omar Jimenez, follows the story of James Gibson, who was tortured by the Chicago Police Department and sent to prison for 30 years for a crime he was later cleared of. In this three-part series, Jimenez tells the story of how a CPD unit nicknamed “The Midnight Crew” violently produced wrongful convictions, the toll it took on survivors like Gibson and if — even with a massive public reckoning — justice can ever really be served. Tortured Justice drops in this feed on September 17, 2025. Also in this feed: Persuadable with Donie O’Sullivan and All Over the Map with John King.

Tortured Justice: The Unlikeliest Man
CNN Presents: Tortured Justice with Omar Jimenez
Sep 17, 2025
James Gibson’s story might never have seen the light of day if not for one man — maybe the unlikeliest imaginable. Andrew Wilson’s relentless legal battle exposed a decades-long pattern of torture by Chicago police and the cover up that hid it.
This is part two of a three-part series. This episode contains descriptions of violence, including sexual violence.
Host: Omar Jimenez
Producers: Graelyn Brashear, Madeleine Thompson, Emily Williams, Kyra Dahring, Sofia Sanchez, and Lauren Kim
Editor: Lacy Roberts
Technical director: Dan Dzula
Executive producer of CNN Podcasts: Steve Lickteig
Production help from: Jake Sorgen, Joe DeCeault, David Guggenheim, Jessica Pupovac
Special thanks to: Ferlon Webster, Jr. and Ed Kelly