New York 'Mafia cops' draw life terms

Cheers erupted in a New York courtroom when two ex-police officers were sentenced to life in federal prison for carrying out eight mob murders, observers said.U.S. District Judge Jack Weinstein handed down the life terms Friday to Louis Eppolito and Stephen Caracappa, the two former New York Police Department detectives, dubbed Mafia Cops, whom prosecutors said earned $4,000 per month from ...