The City of Chicago has tentatively settled four police torture cases involving former Lt. Jon Burge. The deal reportedly would split $20 million among four African Americans who claim they were wrongly convicted after giving false confessions.

The four spent years on death row until Gov. George Ryan pardoned them in 2003.

One of them, Leroy Orange, claims Burge and detectives under his command tortured him for almost 12 hours in a police station in 1984. Orange’s attorney, Flint Taylor, says the tentative settlement approaches vindication.

TAYLOR: No amount of money can compensate them for being tortured brutally and being put on death row as a result of confessions that were tortured from them that were false.

Activists say dozens of alleged Burge victims remain incarcerated.

Last year, special prosecutors said he likely tortured suspects but couldn’t be charged. In September, U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald said his office is looking into whether Burge and the other detectives lied under oath or obstructed justice.

The City Council’s Finance Committee is expected to consider the deal on Monday.