How
about this
deal?
You’re
happily
married, got
a good wife
and some
great kids
and then
what
happens?
You get
indicted for
murder along
with another
fellow and
then
convicted.
Then you get
sent off to
prison,
where you
stay for the
next thirty
(30) years.
You miss
seeing your
kids grow
up, you miss
your
wife….basically
your life is
over.
You claim it
was not you
and that you
had nothing
to do with
the murder.
No one
listens,
after all
the FBI did
the
investigation
and they
said you
were the
person
responsible
for the
murder.
Think this
is something
I made up?
Think again.
Ask two
fellows
named Peter
Limone and
Joe Salvati
if they
think this
is real or
not.
They are the
ones
convicted
and
sentenced to
life (Salvati)
and
execution (Limone).
These men
spent the
next three
decades in
prison for a
crime they
both said
they were
not involved
with. Do you
think anyone
listened to
them?
No, not
hardly,
everyone
knows that
all people
who are in
jail are
guilty,
besides it
was the FBI,
our premier
law
enforcement
agency who
provided the
evidence
necessary
for their
convictions.
During those
thirty
years, the
wives of
these two
men were
faithful in
keeping them
involved (as
much as
possible)
with their
families.
They did all
sorts of
jobs to keep
their
families
together and
make ends
meet. They
visited as
often as
they were
allowed to
do so.
For thirty
years.
Thirty long
years.
Never did
either wife
think of
giving up
and
divorcing
their
husbands.
Never did
they believe
their
husbands had
lied to them
and were
actually
involved
with the
murder.
The trips to
the prison
took two
hours each
way. The
wives and
the kids
were
subjected to
searches and
pat-downs
for weapons
or
contraband
which they
might be
carrying
inside of
the prison
grounds.
So what’s
the problem
here?
Nothing
except two
men were
falsely
accused and
convicted
with the
full
knowledge of
the FBI that
they were
not involved
and did not
murder the
victim.
Now, it
seems as if
a federal
judge got
involved,
last month,
and ordered
the FBI to
pay $101
million to
the families
for this
false
conviction.
The judge
found that
the FBI
purposely
withheld
evidence
that would
have shown
that the men
were
innocent but
failed to
provide it
since they
were trying
to cover up
for a mob
informant.
The two men
and their
families say
the money
doesn’t mean
that much to
them since
they are now
in their
seventies
and have
lost the
best years
of their
lives. How
do you repay
them for
that? You
can’t.
How in God’s
name could
anyone do
this and
live with
themselves?
How can
anyone get
up in the
morning and
look at
themselves
in the
mirror
knowing what
you have
done to two
men and
their
families?
For thirty
years.
You hear
about these
things, and
you think to
yourself
that “This
is America,
things like
this just
don’t
happen…” but
guess
what?….
sometimes
they do.
So try as I
might, I
couldn’t
find out
anything
about the
law
enforcement
officers who
were behind
this
travesty of
justice. You
try it for
yourself and
see what you
get….zip,
nada, zero,
nothing. No
charges, no
indictments,
no
arrests….nothing
to show that
anyone got
really
concerned
over what
had
happened.
Makes you
want to ask
yourself
‘why’? How
can an
officer of
the law sit
in a
courtroom
and allow
two innocent
people to go
to prison
and have
their lives
ruined for
thirty years
without
feeling some
pangs of
guilt?
It’s beyond
me. These
FBI agents
are probably
retired by
now, but if
I had my way
they’d get
thirty years
as well.
What’s the
old saying?
You do the
crime; you
should do
the time….
Thirty of
their
years……
And no
money.
