In this episode following on from last week, ALI and Sarah look into the abduction and murder of Jeanine Nicarico in 1983. This shocking crime was perpetrated by Brian Dugan, the same man who was convicted of the abduction and murder of Melissa Ackerman 2 years later. However due to the police wrongfully convicting 2 innocent men of Jeanine’s murder it would be 25 years before Dugan would stand trial.

This is a frightening example of the police getting it wrong and then the American justice system refusing to admit its mistake. It nearly sent 2 innocent men to their deaths for a crime they didn’t commit and if Brian Dugan himself hadn’t confessed in an attempt to have his sentence reduced thenthe truth might never have been known.

References.

Books.

A Killer by Design,murderers, mind hunters, and my quest to decipher the criminal mind.—by Dr Ann Wolbert Burgess

Sexual Homicide,patterns and motives.—by Ann Burgess, Robert Ressler and John Douglas

Web.

Rolando Cruz -Innocence Project

AlejandroHernandez - Innocence Project

INNOCENCE:Illinois Defendant Pleads Guilty to Crime That Sent Two Innocent Men to DeathRow | Death Penalty Information Center

Peoplev. Hernandez :: 1988 :: Supreme Court of Illinois Decisions :: Illinois CaseLaw :: Illinois Law :: U.S. Law :: Justia

Questionsof Justice: The Nicarico Murder Case

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