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Gotti back in court
Associated Press ^ | February 15, 2006

Posted on 02/15/2006 2:54:45 PM PST by JR0tten

John "Junior" Gotti, who insists he quit the mob family run by his late father, the "Dapper Don," watched jury selection start yesterday at his racketeering retrial in Manhattan. One prospective juror was quickly disqualified: a former supervisor of the FBI's organized crime squad.

The most serious charge facing Gotti is the 1992 kidnapping of radio host Curtis Sliwa, the founder of the Guardian Angels crime-fighting group, who allegedly was targeted by "Junior" Gotti because of his on-air rants against the late John Gotti.

(Excerpt) Read more at newsday.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: curtissliwa; gambino; gotti; guardianangels; housearrest; jagotti; johngotti; jr; junior; kidnap; longisland; mafia; manhattan; mistrial; newyork; newyorkcity; organizedcrime; racketeering; released; retrial; witnesstampering
Why not hold Junior to the Stanley "Tookie" Williams standard of conversion? If Junior has really quit the mafia like he says then he should gladly help the law enforcement community with unsolved or unknown crimes committed by the mob. He was or is certainly in a position to know.
1 posted on 02/15/2006 2:54:48 PM PST by JR0tten
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To: JR0tten

Welcome to FR


2 posted on 02/15/2006 2:59:33 PM PST by Fiddlstix (Tagline Repair Service. Let us fix those broken Taglines. Inquire within(Presented by TagLines R US))
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To: JR0tten

I got spanked by the mods for changing headlines. (nah, I didn't report ya.) If you do it repeatedly, like I did, you will hear from the all mighty and all powerful Admin Mods.


3 posted on 02/15/2006 3:02:32 PM PST by dynachrome ("Where am I? Where am I going? Why am I in a handbasket?")
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To: JR0tten
In the future - use the published headline. Not your made up one. Thanks,

AM

4 posted on 02/15/2006 3:02:48 PM PST by Admin Moderator
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To: JR0tten

So this would be the father of those little sideways-hat-wearing punk-ass bitches with the reality show?


5 posted on 02/15/2006 3:02:54 PM PST by lesser_satan
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To: dynachrome

Damn, they're fast.


6 posted on 02/15/2006 3:03:25 PM PST by dynachrome ("Where am I? Where am I going? Why am I in a handbasket?")
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To: dynachrome

Or putting the remainder of an article that MUST be excerpted in the first comment.


7 posted on 02/15/2006 3:04:42 PM PST by wagglebee ("We are ready for the greatest achievements in the history of freedom." -- President Bush, 1/20/05)
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To: JR0tten
He was or is certainly in a position to know.

...you know him eh?

Welcome to FR.
8 posted on 02/15/2006 3:06:57 PM PST by hiredhand (My kitty disappeared. NOT the rifle!)
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To: lesser_satan
So this would be the father of those little sideways-hat-wearing punk-ass bitches with the reality show?

No,uncle.

9 posted on 02/15/2006 3:22:01 PM PST by COUNTrecount
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