Judge's ruling all but guarantees appeal
(NEWSER) - A judge sentenced former FBI agent John Connolly to 40 years for a 1982 murder today, and simultaneously blew a giant hole in the prosecution’s case, the Miami Herald reports. The facts seem to be clear: Connolly told mobsters with whom he was in cahoots that an associate, who was promptly shot, was going to snitch. But the second-degree murder charge carried a statute of limitations of 4 years, which ran out long ago, the judge noted. More»
