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Reason Staff | 8.19.2010 6:00 AM

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New York City officials have agreed to pay $9.9 million to Barry Gibbs, who spent 19 years in prison after being framed for murder by a corrupt detective. That detective, Louis J. Eppolito, was himself later convicted of a number of crimes, including murder, that he committed while working for the Mafia.

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