Brian Dugan, the real killer in the wrongful conviction cases of Rolando Cruz and Alejandro Hernandez, has plead guilty to the murder of 10-year-old Jeanine Nicarico that took place in 1983. Rolando Cruz and Alejandro had been pursued as suspects despite evidence that pointed to Brian Dugan.
This case bothers me in so many ways. First, is that if you look up Brian Dugan's criminal resume here: http://www.idoc.state.il.us, you'll see that the fact that he was not picked up as the killer of this little girl, allowed him to commit other awful crimes. Had the police and prosecutors done their job in this case, another innocent murder victim would still be alive.
Second, here is a stunning example of racism in police investigations. Despite evidence pointing to a white man, two Hispanic Men were sought as the killers.
Third, are we not supposed to trust these people, police, investigators, prosecutors, to protect us from people like Brian Dugan? Instead of letting him go free to commit other crimes? Is this not absolute criminal negligence on their part, knowingly letting a child murderer go free only to have him commit murder again?
My question is, why don't people see that wrongful convictions literally and unequivocally cause more innocent people to become the victims of crime? Wrongful convictions cause crime. Why aren't more people up in arms about it, putting an end to prosecutorial misconduct? How can you be "tough on crime" and not want to put an end to wrongful convictions?
Rolando Cruz and Prosecutorial Misconduct
Rolando Cruz on the Innocence Project
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This case bothers me in so many ways. First, is that if you look up Brian Dugan's criminal resume here: http://www.idoc.state.il.us, you'll see that the fact that he was not picked up as the killer of this little girl, allowed him to commit other awful crimes. Had the police and prosecutors done their job in this case, another innocent murder victim would still be alive.
Second, here is a stunning example of racism in police investigations. Despite evidence pointing to a white man, two Hispanic Men were sought as the killers.
Third, are we not supposed to trust these people, police, investigators, prosecutors, to protect us from people like Brian Dugan? Instead of letting him go free to commit other crimes? Is this not absolute criminal negligence on their part, knowingly letting a child murderer go free only to have him commit murder again?
My question is, why don't people see that wrongful convictions literally and unequivocally cause more innocent people to become the victims of crime? Wrongful convictions cause crime. Why aren't more people up in arms about it, putting an end to prosecutorial misconduct? How can you be "tough on crime" and not want to put an end to wrongful convictions?
Rolando Cruz and Prosecutorial Misconduct
Rolando Cruz on the Innocence Project
Technorati Tags: wrongful conviction, wrongfully convicted, rolano cruz, brian dugan, innocence project, racism, innocence, pricon, crime, law, murder
Bad situation - good story and points!
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