![]() A recent series published by the Chicago Tribune revealed that in the past 36 years, 381 homicide convictions have been reversed because prosecutors knowingly withheld evidence that pointed to the person’s innocence. The Cruz case has spotlighted the issue of prosecutorial misconduct. However, Cruz has always denied telling police about the dream. Prosecutors had used that as proof that he had committed the murder. According to the police, in his recounting of the “vision,” Cruz had revealed details about the murder that were not known to the public. Then, during Cruz’s third trial in 1995, a supervisor in the sheriff’s department recanted his previous testimony and cast doubt on a cornerstone of the prosecution–that Cruz had revealed incriminating details to detectives in a 1983 statement describing a “vision” or “dream” he had about the crime. ![]() ![]() Juries twice convicted Cruz of killing Jeanine Nicarico, who was abducted from her home in a Chicago suburb. The DuPage County prosecutors and the sheriff’s deputies are charged with misconduct in the case, including conspiracy to obstruct justice and conspiracy to commit official misconduct.
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