FBI loses appeal of $101.7m verdict

Circuit court cites ‘trauma’ to 4 sent to prison

Peter Limone was one of four men wrongly convicted.

By Jonathan Saltzman

Globe Staff / August 28, 2009

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A federal appeals court upheld yesterday a landmark verdict for four men framed by the FBI in a gangland slaying, although the appellate judges said the $101.7 million damage judgment awarded by a lower court was “at the outer edge of the universe of permissible awards.’’ (Full article: 640 words)