US ordered to pay $101.7m in false murder convictions
FBI withheld evidence in '65 gangland slaying
A federal judge held the FBI "responsible for the framing of four innocent men" in a 1965 gangland murder in a landmark ruling yesterday and ordered the government to pay the men $101.7 million for the decades they spent in prison. The award is believed to be the largest of its kind nationally. (Full article: 1748 words)
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