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Tankleff Book on Sale Tomorrow

"A Criminal Injustice," by Richard Firstman and Jay Salpeter, hits bookstores tomorrow. For more info, or to order from Amazon, visit their website.

McCready Reportedly Says Creedon was Paid $50K to "Do the Murder"

The new book on the Marty Tankleff case--"A Criminal Injustice" by Richard Firstman and Jay Salpeter--is due out Tuesday, and is making news today for something Det. James McCready reportedly said on an unaired portion of the 2006 'Dr. Phil' show on Marty's case.

According to the New York Times and Newsday, during a taping of the show McCready was asked if it was true that Joey "Guns" Creedon paid him $100,000 to keep the investigation from focusing on Creedon, as alleged by Creedon's son. Newsday reports:

"The book includes a portion of a telephone interview with the lead detective in the original case, K. James McCready, from a 2006 episode of the 'Dr. Phil' show that never aired. In it, McCready was asked whether it was true that Joseph Creedon - who witnesses claimed was a hired hit man - paid him $100,000 for his silence. 'No that's not true,' McCready replied, according to the book. 'And if it were true, that means he lost money, I mean he only got paid fifty thousand to do the murder.'"

McCready told Newsday that the allegation that he made the statement is a lie.

"A Criminal Injustice" by Rick Firstman & Jay Salpeter

As most of you know, the book is due out this Tuesday, December 30th. It's a great read, a comprehensive account of the case from its beginning, and features lots of interesting research and background, including a major news-making revelation that's to be featured in this Sunday's Times and Newsday. 

SIC Report of 2008

Wow, it's out, the comprehensive report two years in the making, all 20 double-spaced pages of it, by the New York State Investigation Commission entitled "An Investigation into the Procedures Resulting in the Arrest and Conviction of Martin Tankleff for the Murders of Seymour and Arlene Tankleff." You can read about it in today's Newsday, which was given an exclusive by the SIC.

The SIC's conclusion was that the conduct of the Suffolk County Police Department and District Attorney's office was "legal and proper" from the original investigation right through the handling of the 440 hearing. In today's article in Newsday, a spokesman for Marty Tankleff, Lonnie Soury, called the report "a shocking whitewash."

You be the judge.