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Chronology of Martin Tankleff case

SEPTEMBER 1988 Martin Tankleff, 17, is charged with murder after telling police he found his mother, Arlene, dead and his father, Seymour, bleeding profusely from a neck wound in their Belle Terre home. After being interrogated by police for hours, Tankleff confesses.

JUNE 1990 Tankleff is convicted of two counts of second-degree murder after nine weeks of trial testimony and eight days of...

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