Despite Being Acquitted of Murder, Vague RICO Language Keeps Martin Taccetta Behind Bars

Martin Taccetta was given an "unconstitutional" life sentence in 1993 based on vague language in a New Jersey sentencing provision. He continues to fight back...

An “unconstitutionally vague” New Jersey state law may be the reason Martin Taccetta is serving a life sentence for two second-degree extortion convictions related to a murder charge he was acquitted of in 1993.

In a recent filing with the appellate division of New Jersey Superior Court, attorney Lawrence Lustberg wrote that “despite being acquitted of having any involvement” in the 1984 murder of Vincent Craporatta, prosecutors were able to “manipulate RICO sentencing provisions” in order to sentence Taccetta to life imprisonment “just as if he had as if he had been convicted of that murder.”

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