Jesse A. Ward Photographer
Presumed Innocent.
Convicted murderer of police officer Peter Figoski was sentenced to 45 years to life in prison.
A homeless handyman who pleaded guilty to torching an elderly Brooklyn woman to death inside an elevator was sentenced of 50 years to life in prison.
Salvatore Perrone, 64, is led away at State Supreme Court in Brooklyn where he pleaded not guilty to multiple counts of murder for the shooting deaths of three Brooklyn shopkeepers.
Convicted murderer of police officer Peter Figoski was sentenced to 45 years to life in prison.
"The principle that there is a presumption of innocence in favor of the accused is the undoubted law, axiomatic and elementary, and its enforcement lies at the foundation of the administration of our criminal law" Coffin v. United States, 156 US 432 (1895)