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Metro Briefing | New Jersey: Morristown: Killer Sentenced

Published: December 10, 2002

Thomas Koskovich, left, convicted of the 1997 murders of two pizza deliverymen, was sentenced yesterday to 75 1/2 years in prison. Relatives of victims addressed Mr. Koskovich at the hearing. ''If I wasn't a better person,'' said Valerie Giordano, 24, a sister of a victim, Jeremy Giordano, 22, ''I'd kill you myself.'' Mr. Koskovich, 24, received the sentence after a jury could not agree on the death penalty for Mr. Koskovich's role in the killings of Mr. Giordano and Giorgio Gallara, 24. Mr. Koskovich declined to make a statement.