The 18th judicial circuit court, of illinois, hands down the “Du Page Seven”: judge William A. Kelley finds former persecutors Robert K. Kilander, Patrick J. King Jr., Thomas L. Knight and Robert Winkler, of the State’s Attorney’s Office; and Lieutenant James Montesano, and Detectives Dennis Kurzawa and Thomas E. Vosburgh, of the Sheriff’s Office not guilty of criminal misconduct: framing Rolando Cruz for the kidnapping, rape and murder of a 10-year-old girl. Cruz spent a decade on death row for this crime, which he did not commit.
Postscript: Four months later, Kelley ordered all records in the case sealed.
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“Law of the Jungle”
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References:
Terry Burns, “Two of Du Page 7 Off the Hook.” Springfield (Illinois) State Journal-Register, 14 May 1999.
Ted Gregory and Janan Hanna, “Judge Says DuPage 7 To Be Tried Together,” Chicago (Illinois) Tribune, 17 February 1999, P1.
Claire Wolf and Aaron Zelman, The State vs. the People: The Rise of the American Police State, (Hartford, Wisconsin: Mazel Freedom Press, 2001), 204.
Eric Zorn Column Archive: The Nicarico Case
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