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A New York Cop with Mob Connections

Louis Eppolito was a decorated New York cop who came from a longtime mob family. Then he was convicted of working as a mob hit man. But his conviction was recently overturned on a technicality.

Renee Montagne speaks with Robert Drury, an author and journalist who has written about Eppolito's life.

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