“It really is time for the government to put the sordid past of the FBI behind them and just move on’’
How many taxpayer dollars have been wasted prosecuting prosecuting innocent taxpayers..?
… and how is it that the salaries of those responsible have yet to be touched while the taxpayers pick up a $101.7 million dollar bill …
The discovery of secret FBI files that were not handed over during the men’s 1968 state murder trial prompted a state judge in 2001 to overturn the murder convictions of Limone and Salvati. Limone was immediately freed from prison. Salvati had been paroled in 1997. The convictions of Tameleo and Greco were later set aside posthumously.
During oral arguments before the appeals judges in May, lawyers for the Justice Department contended the FBI could not be held liable for malicious prosecution because the four men were prosecuted in state court by state authorities. The appellate court agreed yesterday, saying FBI agents helped the state make its case but did not initiate it.
Nevertheless, the appeals court said Gertner was right to hold the government liable for intentional infliction of emotional distress by covering up evidence that the four men were innocent.
- FBI loses appeal of $101.7 million verdict
by Jonathan Saltzman for the Boston Globe
August 28, 2009
Is it a conspiracy theory to suggest these men were framed by the FBI?
No, it’s simply a matter of fact – a bona fide conspiracy.
