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THE CASE
It took almost
exactly four years to complete the criminal case against
former New York police detectives Stephen Caracappa
and Louis Eppolito.
March 8, 2005: Eppolito
and Caracappa are arrested in Las Vegas.
March 9, 2005: A 27-page
racketeering indictment in federal court in Brooklyn
accuses them of committing murder for the mob while
they were cops.
Aug. 3, 2005: A federal
grand jury in Brooklyn indicts Eppolito and Caracappa
in the 1986 killing of jewelry merchant Israel Greenwald.
They would be charged with another murder a month later.
Nov. 23, 2005: Federal
prosecutors release a retooled indictment - their fourth
version - adding two murder-for-hire allegations and
a 1982 bribery allegation against Eppolito.
April 6, 2006: A Brooklyn
federal jury convicts Eppolito and Caracappa on all
counts.
June 5, 2006: The two
former NYPD detectives are sentenced to life in prison.
June 30, 2006: Judge
Jack B. Weinstein throws out the convictions, ruling
there was insufficient evidence that Caracappa and Eppolito
were involved in racketeering conspiracy within five
years of the indictment.
Sept. 17, 2008: A federal
appeals court reinstates the convictions.
March 6, 2009: Eppolito
and Caracappa are again sentenced to life behind bars.
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