One arm cradling a bouquet of yellow roses, the other...

One arm cradling a bouquet of yellow roses, the other wrapped tightly around his tearful wife, Peter Limone walked out of Middlesex Superior Courthouse a free man after allegedly being framed for murder by the FBI and spending 33 years in prison, 4 of them on death row. He was sentenecd to death for murder. In 1984 Massachussets abolished the death penalty and his sentence was commuted in life prison. "Mr. Limone's long wait is over," said Middlesex Superior Court Judge Margaret Hinkle, prompting applause and tears from a large group of relatives and supporters of Limone in the East Cambridge courtroom. After spending half his life behind bars for the murder of Edward "Teddy" Deegan in 1965, Limone was freed largely on the basis of secret FBI documents uncovered by a Justice Department task force investigating corruption in the bureau's use of organized crime informants. The documents suggest that a onetime FBI informant, Vincent J. "Jimmy the Bear" Flemmi, planned Deegan's murder, not Limone. Two codefendants, Henry Tameleo and Louis Greco, died in prison while their appeals were rejected by court after court.