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Killer To Admit to Nicarico Murder
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| Contributor | RP |
| Last Edited | RP Jul 22, 2009 01:12pm |
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| Category | General |
| Author | Peggy Cassidy |
| News Date | Wednesday, July 22, 2009 07:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Dugan is expected to stand before a DuPage County judge next week and plead guilty to killing the 10-year-old Naperville girl, despite the fact that prosecutors have not met his demand that he be assured the death penalty will not apply to him.
"The 52-year-old former Aurora man long ago offered to admit to the crime, for which two other men spent years on death row before being exonerated, but only if prosecutors agreed to take the death penalty off the table," The Daily Herald reports, but now Dugan has changed his mind.
Without an agreement to spare his life, the con had nothing to lose by keeping his mouth shut. But, the Herald's source says, "He's wanted to accept responsibility for a long time."
But for his part, DuPage County State's Attorney Joseph Birkett, whose office will prosecute Dugan in this case, intends to act responsibly by pursuing the death penalty for Dugan -- something Jeanine's parents would like to see happen. |
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