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Men wrongfully convicted in Theresa Fusco case seek damages from Nassau County, police

A Central Islip jury began to hear evidence Tuesday to decide whether two men wrongfully convicted in the 1984 rape and murder of a Lynbrook teen should be compensated for the years they spent behind

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