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Yesterday a DuPage County grand jury indicted Brian Dugan for murder in the Jeanine Nicarico case. The vicious crime occurred in 1983, and to say the story is complicated is understating the issue enormously. Instead of rehashing every detail of the case here--which would take hours, I'd like to focus on this comment from author and uber-liberal Scott Turow, from the Chicago Sun-Times: "I hope the jury that ultimately considers Brian Dugan's fate bears in mind that whatever horrible acts he committed, he somehow had the strength of character to take responsibility for a murder for which other men had...

WASHINGTON — Barack Obama, the U.S. Senate candidate from Chicago who has become the Democratic Party's latest rising star, is drawing enough support from the entertainment industry to put on his own variety show. From comedian Chris Rock to singer Barbra Streisand to musician Herbert Hancock, entertainers have written out checks of $1,000 or $2,000 to help the 42-year-old Illinois state senator win the seat being vacated by retiring GOP Sen. Peter Fitzgerald. Film directors Rob Reiner ("The American President") and Edward Zwick ("The Last Samurai" and "Courage Under Fire") both contributed in the past three months, according to Obama's...

<p>Less than perfect: In a one-on-one interview with RedEye, former Death Row inmate Rolando Cruz comes out on the death penalty, the system that administers it and the society in which it exists.</p> <p>Former Death Row inmate Rolando Cruz spoke out Tuesday for the first time since former Gov. George Ryan commuted 164 death sentences, praising Ryan for doing the right thing but declaring he is in favor of the death penalty if it can be administered fairly.</p> <p>And the system now, he added, is not fair.</p>