Free Republic

A judge told two decorated former detectives Monday that they will get the maximum - life in prison - for moonlighting as hitmen for the mob. U.S. District Judge Jack B. Weinstein said he would not formally impose the sentence on Louis Eppolito and Stephen Caracappa until at least June 23. At that time, the defendants will argue they were not adequately represented by their lawyers at their trial. ``This is probably the most heinous series of crimes ever tried in this courthouse,'' the judge said.(snip) Prosecutors said the detectives committed some of the murders themselves, and delivered up other...