Former New York City police officer Gilberto Valle (C), dubbed by local media as the "Cannibal Cop," exits the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York in Lower Manhattan, with his family, July 1, 2014. U.S. District Judge Paul Gardephe in Manhattan threw out the conviction of Gilberto Valle, 30, after federal public defenders argued that the U.S. Constitution grants people the right to fantasize, free from government interference. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid (UNITED STATES - Tags: CRIME LAW)