Judge vows life in prison for former NYPD detectives labeled 'mafia cops'

A judge Monday promised the two former NYPD detectives known as 'mafia cops' that they will receive the maximum sentence of life in prison. Louis Eppolito, 57, and Stephen Caracappa, 64, were convicted

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