sep 4, 1986 - Conviction
overturned and
Salvatore released
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On September 4, 1986, a federal court judge cleared the way for his release when finding out that three jurors committed "prejudicial errors" during deliberations in the 1982 trial. Two of the jurors admitted using a dictionary definition of the term "malice," rather than a legal definition.
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