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Ex-New York Officers Charged With Mafia Killings

NPR | By Madeleine Brand

Published March 14, 2005 at 12:00 AM EST

Two retired New York police detectives have been indicted on allegations they conducted killings for organized crime figures. NPR's Madeleine Brand speaks with Jerry Capeci, author of The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Mafia about the charges.

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Madeleine Brand is the host of NPRs newest and fastest-growing daily show, Day to Day. She conducts interviews with newsmakers (Iraqi politicians, US senators), entertainment figures (Bernardo Bertolluci, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Ricky Gervais), and the everyday people affected by the news (an autoworker laid off at GM, a mother whose son was killed in Iraq).

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