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| Wrongly Imprisoned Man Joins Claim |
| By Associated Press |
| Published: 08/06/2001 |
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A man freed earlier this year after spending 33 years in prison for a murder he didn't commit has joined in a $375 million claim against federal officials. Peter Limone's claim, filed last week, charges the Federal Bureau of Investigation and members of the US Justice Department with negligence for sending three innocent men to prison. The other plaintiffs are the estates of two men who died in prison. The claim letters are precursors to lawsuits. The parties have six months to reach an agreement. If they don't, Limone and the others will file suit, said Limone's attorney William Koski. Limone, Enrico Tameleo and Louis Greco were among six men found guilty in the March 12, 1965, gangland slaying of Edward 'Teddy' Deegan. In December, Justice Department investigators looking into corruption in the Boston FBI gave Limone's lawyer informant reports written around the time of Deegan's murder. The reports showed that informants told FBI agents of plans for the Deegan slaying, and later gave the agents a list of those involved. Limone, Tameleo and Greco weren't on the list. Neither was Joseph Salvati, who had proclaimed his innocence for years and had his sentence commuted in 1997. Salvati has announced plans to sue. Limone was released from prison in January after a judge ordered a new trial. Police later dropped the charges against him. |
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