GARDEN CITY, N.Y. AP – Moments before a judge sentenced him to 50 years to life in prison, Martin Tankleff uttered the words he has repeated for almost two decades: “I stand before you innocent of this charge. I loved my parents. I did not kill them.”
His appeal fell on deaf ears that day in October 1990, as it did many more times during the 17 years he languished in prison.