Charges Dropped in 1965 Mob Killing
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Prosecutors dropped charges against two men who spent decades in prison allegedly because the FBI--trying to protect an informant--allowed them to be framed for a 1965 underworld murder. “Freedom is a beautiful thing,” said Joseph Salvati, 68, at a Cambridge courthouse.
The district attorney’s office also dropped charges against Peter Limone, 66, another man convicted in the slaying of Edward “Teddy” Deegan, a small-time hoodlum.
Salvati and Limone both said they were innocent of the killing. Salvati had gotten his sentence commuted in 1997 and was freed on parole. Limone was freed earlier this month after 33 years behind bars.
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