Justice Department Won’t Appeal $102 Million Verdict In Boston Wrongful-Conviction Case
May 1, 2010 by Capo · Leave a Comment
The tortured legal ordeal of four Boston men wrongly convicted of murder by a cabal of gangsters and corrupt FBI agents apparently ended Friday with a decision by the U.S. Department of Justice not to appeal their record, $100 million wrongful imprisonment verdict to the U.S. Supreme Court, lawyers involved in the case said Friday.
The [...]
Feds Line Up Tough One-Two Punch For Colombo Top Guns
February 3, 2010 by The Boss · 4 Comments
The feds have just lined up a tough one-two punch against two top Colombo family mobsters awaiting trial for six mob murders, Gang Land has learned. The mob hits include the 1997 execution slaying of New York City police officer Ralph Dols.
Sources say prosecutors plan to unleash two new turncoats against family “street boss” Thomas [...]
John ‘Junior’ Gotti finds new calling writing true crime stories
January 16, 2010 by The Boss · 8 Comments
Junior wants to go from crime boss to crime writer.
Finished with the mob, John A. (Junior) Gotti said he wants to start a new career – writing true crime tales, his and others.
The second-generation mobster Friday night shared a sumptuous Italian meal with his winning legal team, and served up his plans for the future.
“I [...]
Junior Gotti mobster trial set to begin
September 13, 2009 by The Boss · Leave a Comment
THE most infamous figure in New York Mafia circles is about to go on trial in a showdown that US authorities hope will finally end his Houdini-like ability to escape charges.
Jury selection is scheduled to start today in a Manhattan federal court, where John Gotti jnr, 45, is accused of a role [...]
Vinny Gorgeous vows to act as own lawyer at death penalty murder trial
July 21, 2009 by The Boss · Leave a Comment
Mobster Vincent (Vinny Gorgeous) Basciano is threatening to play lawyer at his own death penalty murder trial – possibly cross-examining his ex-boss turned mob rat, fallen Bonanno chieftain Joseph Massino.
The truth-is-stranger-than-fiction twist could pit the two Mafia heavyweights against each other in a Brooklyn federal courtroom in October.
Basciano, already imprisoned for life on a separate [...]
