"In February 2002, the Coalition held a press conference in Chicago to kick off a petition drive requesting Dugan's indictment. The petition contends that the DuPage criminal justice system repeatedly prosecuted the two Latinos (Cruz and Hernandez.) without a thread of physical evidence or eyewitness testimony."
"Meanwhile, Dugan has not been indicted despite the evidence against him. That evidence includes his confession under hypnosis, a lie detector test Dugan passed, and Dugan's account of the abduction, rape and murder of Jeanine Nicarico."
"Dugan's confession was first documented by the DuPage state's attorney's office and later corroborated by Illinois State Police commander Ed Cisowski. The evidence against Dugan also includes DNA testing done in 1995. The test, which the Coalition contends would be much more accurate if done today, concludes that there is a 3 -in- 10,000 chance that Dugan did not leave the semen found at the crime scene. The same test excludes Cruz, Hernandez and Buckley as rapists of Jeanine Nicarico."
"On November 5, 2002, Jim Ryan and Joseph Birkett were defeated in their quest for governor and attorney general. Days later, Birkett acknowledged that new DNA testing had established with "scientific certainty" that Dugan was involved in Jeanine Nicarico's murder. Birkett's office was aware of the DNA results for months before it was publicly released."