IL – Hoping to get better food, Brian Dugan changed religions after he was transferred to the DuPage County Jail to stand trial for the murder of 10-year-old Jeanine Nicarico.
Dugan switched his religious affiliation in jail records from agnostic to Orthodox Judaism, writing in a 2008 letter to a friend that he hoped the change would result in more filling kosher meals.
“I heard the kosher diet was better, so I switched my affiliation. Now I’m the only agnostic Jew in the jail,” Dugan wrote in the letter that was read Tuesday to jurors deciding whether Dugan should receive the death penalty for the 1983 murder of the Naperville girl.
DuPage County prosecutors seeking the death sentence for Dugan — who pleaded guilty in July to fatally bludgeoning Jeanine — are trying to portray him to jurors as manipulative and callous. Dugan already is serving life sentences for two other murders.
During testimony Tuesday, jail officers described how Dugan filed frequent grievances against everything from the poor quality of the paper in a copier used by inmates to the medication he received from a nurse for his hayfever.
In 2009, Dugan again changed diets, switching to vegetarian meals — even though his jailhouse nickname is “cheeseburger.”
In a grievance he filed in July, Dugan complained that diet lacked protein, writing “please ensure I receive a protein substitute.”
(Source: Chicago Suntimes)
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orthodox judaism?-i am quite doubtful that a bais din converted this monster-may he choke on a matza ball.
Brian Dugan’s conversion to a kosher diet came in the wake of the announcement that Gatorade and Tootsie Rolls will soon have a hechsher. Unfortunately nothing can be done about the quality of the copier paper.
If the jurors are anti Semitic he’s sure to get the death sentence!
I think his “conversion” will not last long when he realizes he can no longer get his cheeseburgers!!! (and NO, I don’t think he would be satisfied with pareve “cheese”). “his jailhouse nickname is “cheeseburger.””
They should not have allowed that in order for him to get kosher food. Maybe someone can correct me on this, but I recall reading that the multi-million dollar kosher food industry has a great deal of people who seek out kosher food, who are not Jewish.