Wednesday, January 26, 2005

Crooked Feds, Still On Job

In 1990, former Chicago cop Steven Manning was convicted for the murder of a trucking company owner, as well as a kidnapping. He spent 14 years in prison before having his convictions dropped. Now, he's won a $6.6 million civil lawsuit against two FBI special agents who, the jury determined, had framed Manning for the crimes. Now, the judge in that case is looking into whether the United States shares responsibility for the framing. Interestingly, the two FBI agents are still on the job...