Judge Delays Sentencing of 2 'Mafia Cops' ; Tells Ex-Detectives They Face Life in Prison for Being Hit Men

The Record, Bergen County, NJ › June 06, 2006

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NEW YORK A federal judge, after telling a pair of decorated former police detectives on Monday that they faced life imprisonment for serving as hit men while on the payroll of a Lucchese crime family underboss, delayed imposition of their sentences pending a hearing later this month.

In a dramatic day inside a Brooklyn courtroom, U.S. District Court Judge Jack B. Weinstein said the sentences were pending until a June 23 hearing at which Louis Eppolito and Stephen Caracappa will argue they received inadequate legal representation at their racketeering trial.

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Judge Delays Sentencing of 2 'Mafia Cops' ; Tells Ex-Detectives They Face Life in Prison for Being Hit Men

The unusual legal twist capped an emotional day in court as five family members took the witness stand to tes...

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