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LANDANO v. RAFFERTY

Civ. No. 91-1881 (HLS).

782 F.Supp. 986 (1992)

Vincent James LANDANO, Petitioner, v. John J. RAFFERTY, Superintendent East New Jersey State Prison, and Robert Del Tufo, Attorney General of the State of New Jersey, Respondents.

United States District Court, D. New Jersey.

February 4, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neil Mullin, Smith, Mullin & Kiernan, P.C., West Orange, N.J., for petitioner.

Susan B. Gyss, Asst. Prosecutor, Office of the Hudson County Prosecutor, Jersey City, N.J., for respondents.

OPINION

SAROKIN, District Judge.

This case is a testament to the principle "Justice Delayed is Justice Denied." We must ask ourselves why the current clamor and rush to carry out death sentences, but no similar urgency in freeing one who might be wrongly convicted and confined.

Vincent James Landano has been up and down the judicial ladder enough times to exhaust anyone and destroy their spirit. Nonetheless, he has been ordered to resume the journey...

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