This is what the angel longe was in 1963.
This is what the angel longe is today. Today the angel longe is called Romono-Son.Overview Of the book the Night Of The Devil
On the evening of Sunday, August 25, 1963, a group of revelers drove into the small town of Lodi, New Jersey, bound for a local tavern called the Angel Lounge. Hours later, bullets ripped through the smoky air of the bar. When the carnage ended, two Lodi police officers were dead. Their killers had escaped. The close-knit community of Lodi, shattered by the crime, would never be the same. Nor would the families of the victims: Sergeant Peter Voto, who left behind a wife and three children, and 22-year-old Gary Tedesco, whose career in law enforcement had barely begun when his life was brutally cut short. The people of Lodi vowed that the killers would pay for what they had done. One of the hoodlums was shot and killed two days after the murders. The other, Thomas Trantino, was imprisoned and sentenced to die for his crime. But Trantino would not be put to death in New Jersey; nor would he spend the rest of his life in prison. After being incarcerated for almost 40 years, and earning the distinction of being the longest-serving prisoner in the New Jersey penal system, Thomas Trantino ultimately walked out of prison a free man.
The murder of the policemen in the Angel Lounge remains one of the most notorious crimes in New Jersey history, yet there has never been an in-depth examination of the case and its aftermath -- until now. Night of the Devil takes readers inside the crime, from the blood-spattered Angel Lounge to the courtroom where Thomas Trantino presented testimony that would keep him locked up for decades. As they trace Trantino's tortuous path from death row to freedom, readers will be forced to confront their own attitudes about punishment and justice. How could a man who shot two policemen in cold blood -- a man who was supposed to die for what he did, whose despicable act inflamed the passions of politicians, judges, and entire communities -- ever be allowed to walk among us again? When the rules say it is time for a guilty man to go free, should the rules be changed to keep him imprisoned? Where do victims' rights end and prisoners' rights begin? Night of the Devil probes the answers to these questions, raising issues that compel readers to reevaluate their feelings about America's criminal justice system. Thomas Trantino's quest for freedom came to an end a generation after he committed a horrible crime. Did he serve more time than he should have? Or could no amount of time ever make up for what the people of Lodi lost in 1963?
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by-David Stout
Two 1963 Slayings Still Rouse Passions in Lodi, N.J.
This band was playing at the angel lounge the night of the shooting.
Tommy Trantino spent more time in prison than any other inmate in New Jersey history - 38 years. He did his time, and he paid for his crime. Tommy "T" is all right with me.
ReplyDeleteAre you out of your mind? News flash!!!! Your not talking about a cop's & robbers story here. or are we talking about abusive cops & abused citizens... Out of respect for the 2 murdered cops, not the so called police officers of today, you have no idea what else, Trantino & Falco did to those cops... Whoever you are I am very fair , deal with real facts only & don't succumb to the police are always right, the accused are always wrong, & there is reason's right is sometimes wrong , & wrong is sometimes right... THIS IS NOT THE CASE HERE... I AM A TRUE STREET GUY AND I CAN TELL YOU … NO MATTER WHAT … TRANTINO & FALCO WERE GOING TO TAKE,KILL, MURDER, COP OR CIVILLIAN... These types (merciless & cold blooded) , of beings, are unfortunately born , not created, (by life, circumstance, society, or a phycological aberration), enjoy , the power of the kill, abuse, torture, ect, until it's time to pay the fiddler... Falco got shot because he didn't want to do the time, Trantino , turned himself in because he knew it would take years to execute him & the abolishment of the death penalty in n.j. , was already in the works, plus he cried drug addiction from day one.. You make this mother...…! Look like he made a bad decision.... The cop who abused Luima with a plunger made one too.. Give me a f.....g break... PS. I did time , I paid the piper, I didn't find JESUS IN PRISON OR ANYWHERE ELSE... (by the way I didn't know he was(JESUS) lost).. Bottom line , I am by no means a pillar of the community, saint, looking for redemption, or stating anything else , but 2 things, a killing can, does , & will happen to the innocent & guilty, a MURDER IS THE KILLING OF THE INNOCENT' (S).. Another tidbit.. Tommy Trantino, was a church mouse in prison... He was never glorified by the convicts & prisoners... until the garbage like you called inmates, (past 25yrs) , entered the system.. I'm an old man now.. I lived by when you get caught ,not if.. I had my job, & the cops had theirs... But there was a separation & mutual respect, there were lines neither crossed, & on both sides the ones who did , didn't last … (& jerkoff I don't mean getting killed.. I mean sooner or later karma was a bitch... ) one way or another they all are exposed for the cowards ,phonies, & honor less, wastes they always were ,are, & have been.. Guarantee for you to call this type of offense a crime , instead of the outright abomination it was … you are a f...… rat, drug addict, or a f...… wannabe... So Eddie the kid, good luck with your life.. I hope you & f...… TOMMY T, run into a real (cop or criminal, if there is still such a thing)(at least you & those like you) will get yours with mercy, or you 2 & those like you , get yours the way your f...… hero ,who's alright gave...
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