Images of Nicarico's wrongly accused
Rolando Cruz walks at the DuPage County courthouse in 1999 during the trial of seven law enforcement officals accused of railroading him in the Jeanine Nicarico murder.
Bev Horne | Staff Photographer
DuPage Circuit Judge Ronald Mehling, now retired, who acquitted Rolando Cruz in 1995.
Marcelle Bright | Staff Photographer
Alejandro Hernandez is freed Dec. 8, 1995, after prosecutors dropped charges against him in the Jeanine Nicarico murder.
Daily Herald file photo
DuPage Circuit Judge Ronald Mehling, now retired, who acquitted Rolando Cruz in 1995.
Brian Hill | Staff Photographer
Rolando Cruz walks out of the DuPage County courthouse in 1999 during the trial of seven law enforcement officals accused of railroading him in the Jeanine Nicarico murder.
Marcelle Bright | Staff Photographer
Rolando Cruz appears at a Nov. 8, 1995 press conference at Northwestern University after his acquittal.
Daily Herald file photo
Then-Gov. George Ryan signs a copy of his January 2003 speech to former death row inmate Rolando Cruz at DePaul Law Scool in Chicago.
Daily Herald file photo
Steven Buckley, one of three men accused of killing Jeanine Nicarico.
Former death row inmate Rolando Cruz celebrates in January 2003 after then-Gov. George Ryan declared clemency for all Illinois death row inmates at the Northwestern University Law School in Chicago.
Daily Herald file photo
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