August 28, 2009
Appeals Court Upholds Award for Wrongful Convictions
The government must pay nearly $102 million to the families of four men wrongly convicted and imprisoned for a 1965 murder, a federal appeals court has ruled. The decision upholds a 2007 verdict that found the FBI had withheld key evidence that would have proved the men to be innocent. Two of the men, Peter J. Limone and Joseph Salvati, spent about 30 years in prison. Louis Greco and Henry Tameleo died while serving their sentences.
Source: Jonathan Saltzman, Boston Globe 08/28/2009
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