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  • 45 Years Later, Jury Resolves Officer's Killing

    08/21/2003 2:55:21 PM PDT · by Pan_Yans Wife · 10 replies · 637+ views
    NYTimes ^ | August 20, 2003 | ROBERT HANLEY
    After only about an hour and 45 minutes of deliberation, a jury found today that a man serving a 98-year term for murder had fatally shot a Rahway, N.J., police officer nearly 45 years ago. The jury awarded the officer's family $9.5 million in damages. After the decision, Elizabeth Bernoskie, the 72-year-old widow of the officer, Charles Bernoskie, exchanged hugs of jubilation with her six grown children and several of her 16 grandchildren. Family members said they were overjoyed that someone had finally been found legally responsible for a murder that had lingered unresolved for nearly half a century. The...