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CHICAGO (AP) - A jury awarded $9.5 million in damages Thursday to a husband and wife who claimed a smear and terror campaign was aimed at them after they accused a police officer of corruption while working as federal agents.
The verdict ended a five-week civil trial focusing on Joseph Miedzianowski, sometimes described as Chicago's most corrupt police officer, who is now serving a life sentence.
Diane Klipfel and Michael Casali said Miedzianowski smeared them with misconduct allegations and terrified them with threats after they accused him of corruption in 1992 while working in the Chicago office of the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. They said they were so frightened, their children slept in a closet in the interior of the house in case shots were fired through the walls.
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