After a break for the Two For Tuesday edition of the "As Seen On TV" showcase, we're back to conclude our theme about the Tracey Thurman case from Connecticut - with a native Nutmegger.....

BURTON WEINSTEIN
AS SEEN IN:
"A Cry For Help: The Tracey Thurman Story"
AS PLAYED BY:
Bruce Weitz
Suing the city of Torrington as well as twenty-nine individual police officers, Tracey Thurman claimed a violation of her constitutional rights set forth in the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which says, "nor shall any state... deny to any person within its jurisprudence the equal protection of the laws."

A federal court jury heard the case in 1985, found twenty-four of the officers liable, and awarded Tracey Thurman $2.3 million in compensatory damages.

- Raoul Felder & Barbara Victor
"Getting Away With Murder
(Weapons For The War Against Domestic Violence)"
BCnU!
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