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Eric Hanson, of Naperville, convicted of killing his sister, parents and brother-in-law, is there. And now, convicted child killer Brian Dugan has joined them, becoming the 15th inmate on Illinois' Death Row at the Pontiac Correctional Center nearly 100...
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It was a case that made national headlines, but unfolded in our own backyards. And it began in 1972 when a 16-year-old named Brian Dugan moved to Aurora's East Side. A high school dropout, Dugan spent his youth as a drunk and dazed thief, burglarizing...
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A convicted Illinois serial killer recently given the death penalty shouldn't use unsolved crimes to delay his execution, a prosecutor says...A jury handed Dugan, 53, the death penalty on Wednesday for the 1983 rape and murder of 10-year-old Jeanine Nicarico.
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Jim Ryan apologized for the first time Thursday for his role in prosecuting the wrong men in a high-profile murder case, while several of his rivals in the Republican race for governor called for an end to the state's long moratorium on executions...Rolando...
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Jim Ryan, in a statement released this afternoon. Ryan's relentlessly poor judgment overseeing the case that resulted in a death sentence for Brian Dugan yesterday, has long been a black mark on his career in public service. The statement also includes...
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For six weeks they endured horrific descriptions of the heinous acts Dugan committed against women and small girls as well as the scores of exhibits presented by prosecutors that also depicted his crimes. The last 11 hours of their ordeal were spent debating...
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In his closing argument, Assistant State's Atty, Michael Wolfe reminded the jury of statements Jeanine Nicarico's parents gave during the hearing: How their daughter trusted them, and the guilt they feel to this day for leaving her home alone from school...
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Brian Dugan's emotional black hole has surfaced several times during the 19 days of testimony in the hearing to determine whether he deserves to die for kidnapping, raping and murdering Jeanine Nicarico in 1983. Mostly, it shows itself in recorded interviews...
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On the final day of testimony, Dugan told Judge George Bakalis that he was declining to testify on his own behalf, a decision supported by his team of five defense attorneys...The defense witnesses had detailed Dugan's various mental health deficiencies...
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Brian Dugan is displaying fewer symptoms of mental disturbance, has strove for self-improvement, has expressed remorse and considered suicide as partial atonement for his violent crimes, a leading psychiatrist testified Wednesday. Dr. James Cavanaugh,...