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2 former cops, one freed from death row, accused in another extortion plot

(MCT) — CHICAGO — Local and federal authorities had thought Steven Manning had gotten away with murder and kidnapping when courts in both Illinois and Missouri threw out convictions and he was freed from death row almost a decade ago.

On Friday, Manning was back in court in handcuffs charged in an eeringly similar plot to kidnap, murder and dismember a businessman flush with cash.

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