a.cowell's blog http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/blog/4 en Brooklyn Hero: Burton Turkus and Murder Inc. Trials http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/blog/brooklyn-hero-burton-turkus-and-murder-inc-trials <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-blog-feature-img"> <div class="field-label">Feature Image:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img class="imagefield imagefield-field_blog_feature_img" width="238" height="360" alt="" src="http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/sites/default/files/burton1.jpeg?1348764950" /> </div> </div> </div> <div class="body-field"><p>Burton Turkus was the Assistant to the District Attorney who brought down nine suspects in the Murder Inc. trials, managing to convict them all of first-degree murder. They would all be sentenced to death. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <div> </div></div><p><a href="http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/blog/brooklyn-hero-burton-turkus-and-murder-inc-trials" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Tue, 25 Sep 2012 18:01:41 +0000 a.cowell 2798 at http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org A Season to Forget: 1951 Scandal Mars LIU Basketball Program http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/blog/season-forget-1951-scandal-mars-liu-basketball-program <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-blog-feature-img"> <div class="field-label">Feature Image:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img class="imagefield imagefield-field_blog_feature_img" width="360" height="293" alt="" src="http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/sites/default/files/image%20%281%29.jpg?1348762133" /> </div> </div> </div> <div class="body-field"><p>During the 1951 NYC college basketball season, top players were implicated in a point-shaving scandal that resulted in a 6 year shut down of the L.I.U. athletic program and the imprisonment of several players. &nbsp;</p> </div><p><a href="http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/blog/season-forget-1951-scandal-mars-liu-basketball-program" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Tue, 25 Sep 2012 17:12:19 +0000 a.cowell 2797 at http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org