# Murder of Jeanine Nicarico

Overturned · 1985

The Jeanine Nicarico murder case was a complex and influential homicide investigation and prosecution in which two men, Rolando Cruz and Alejandro Hernandez, were wrongfully convicted of abduction, rape and murder in 1985 in DuPage County, Illinois. They were both sentenced to death. The case was scrutinized during appeals for being weak in evidence.

Original record: https://en.wikipedia.org/?curid=12314774
Case page: https://realjustice.ai/cases/murder-of-jeanine-nicarico-w12314774

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## Sources

1. Wikipedia record (CC BY-SA 4.0), https://en.wikipedia.org/?curid=12314774


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