This guy should be very glad that he was not convicted in Texas.

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January 7, 2001
{*filter*} Verdict Thrown Out After 32 Years
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The Associated Press
Peter Limone in court on Friday.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Jan. 6 - A former bookie who served more than 32 years for
an underworld {*filter*} he said he did not commit has been released from prison
after his conviction was thrown out at the request of prosecutors.

Prosecutors said newly discovered Federal Bureau of Investigation files from
the 1960's had cast doubt on the guilt of the man, Peter Limone, 66, in the
killing of Edward Deegan in 1965.
Mr. Limone was released on Friday.
Last month, Justice Department investigators looking into allegations of
corruption in the F.B.I.'s Boston office gave Mr. Limone's lawyer reports
that showed an informer had given the bureau a list of suspects that did not
include Mr. Limone.
Mr. Limone was convicted in part on the testimony of Joseph Barboza, one of
the names on the list.
On Thursday, Judge Margaret R. Hinkle of Suffolk Superior Court in Boston
ordered Mr. Limone released without bail, criticizing the F.B.I. for
withholding information that could have led to Mr. Limone's acquittal.
"It is now time to move on," Judge Hinkle said. "Mr. Limone's long wait is
over."
About 50 friends and relatives of Mr. Limone's broke into applause at the
ruling.
Prosecutors would not say whether they planned to retry Mr. Limone.
The former prosecutor and defense lawyers in the Deegan killing have said
they did not know about the F.B.I. reports at the time of the trial. An
agency spokeswoman declined to comment on Friday.
Before his {*filter*} conviction, Mr. Limone's only conviction was for running a
dice game, his lawyer, John Cavicchi, said.
Outside court, surrounded by his wife, children and grandchildren, Mr.
Limone said, "Every day you look at it, and every day you know you're
innocent, but you wait for this day."

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Hi Joel,

Police corruption? Is that why you are anti-death penalty?

Or is is because one guy has been innocently accused,
convicted and put to death by a so called civilian society
that you are against the death penalty?

Both reasons sound to me pretty irrelevant in this issue.

Hans
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