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The Crack-Era Cop Who Locked Up the Innocent in NYC
‘Shameful’
Louis Scarcella was celebrated as "one of the best at getting even the worst villains to talk." Now, New York City has been racing to set those “villains” free.
Theodore Hamm
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Sep. 3 2017
12:00AM EDT
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