<p>June 12, 2003 -- DNA evidence paved the way for the release yesterday of three men convicted of the brutal 1984 rape and murder of a Long Island teenager.</p>
<p>The convictions of John Kogut, 39, John Restivo, 44 and Dennis Halstead, 48 were vacated by a Nassau judge after tests showed that semen found on the body of 16-year-old Theresa Fusco of Lynbrook did not match any of their DNA.</p>