whose gona flip that bill???????????????????

[luvinretrmnt]

Federal jury awards $18 million each to 2 men exonerated in '84 killing, rape

Originally published: April 17, 2014 5:03 PM
Updated: April 17, 2014 5:27 PM
By ROBERT E. KESSLER [e-mail]
John Restivo talks with Heather Halstead and Melissa

John Restivo talks with Heather Halstead and Melissa Lullo after a jury awarded $18 million to him in a wrongful imprisonment case in Central Islip on Thursday, April 17, 2014. Halstead and Lullo are the daughters of Dennis Halstead, who also received a large award. (Credit: Ed Betz)
Web links
Crime stats for Long Island Crime numbers on LI

A federal jury Thursday awarded $18 million each to two men who spent almost 18 years in prison before they were exonerated in the 1984 murder and rape of a Lynbrook teenager.

"I woke up today on the other side of the wall," said one of the two men, John Restivo, 56, referring to his trial testimony in which he talked of his fright the first time he saw the towering walls of the state prison...

EACH GOT 18 MILLION AND THERE DAUGHTERS GOT A LARGE AWARD.......40 PLUS MILLION DOWN THE DRAIN................

[redstone14]

1 Million a year x 18 for each of them? They wouldn't have made 1 Million for their entire lives. These juries are going to be responsible for more municipal bankruptcies.

[familyguy]

Saddest thing is three evil men went free.