Martin Tankleff Wins Huge Discovery Ruling in Federal District Court.

For those of you who have or have not followed the "Tankleff Case " over the last 20 years, Martin Tankleff was convicted in 1988 for the murder of his parents, based in large part on a coerced(tricked) confession. There was really no other evidence linking him to the crime. Mr. Tankleff spent almost 20 years in jail. Finally, in 2007 the Appellate Division , Second Department overturned his conviction. After Special Prosecutor, Andrew Cuomo, concluded his investigation a decision was made not to retry Tankleff. The charges were then dismissed and Mr. Tankleff was released. He subsequently filed suit in Federal District Court against The County of Suffolk. Just this past week a Federal Magistrate handed down a "blockbuster decision" which compels the N.Y. Attorney General's Office to turn over materials it gathered during a six month investigation which resulted in the decision not to re-prosecute Mr. Tankleff. Great stuff! Mr. Tankleff and his team of attorneys must be salivating waiting on compliance with the Court's Order; and rightfully so! Twenty years in jail is a long, long time!