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Martin Tankleff accuses investigators

Suffolk law enforcement officials knowingly violated Martin Tankleff's civil rights when they investigated and prosecuted him for his parents' 1988 murders, says a lawsuit to be filed Tuesday by Tankleff's attorneys.

The federal suit, which will be filed in U.S. District Court in Central Islip, lists among its defendants Suffolk County and several detectives, police officers and pathologists...

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