This Week In Gang Land
Judge Orders Oral Arguments On Long Jailed Vic Amuso's Appeal For Release
He
rejected the request for a compassionate release by the ailing and aged
Mafia boss Vittorio (Vic) Amuso three years ago. But Brooklyn Federal Judge
Frederic Block has indicated things may be different this time around for
the imprisoned-for-life Luchese leader, Gang Land has learned.
After considering the fully briefed court filings on the 91-year-old wiseguy's compassion request for two months, Block — who second-guessed his 2023 denial in a book he wrote the following year — has ordered oral arguments next month on Amuso's motion for an early release, 35 years and 10 days into his life sentence for the nine mob murders for which he was convicted.
In A Second Chance: A Federal Judge Decides Who Deserves It, a book with a major focus on the First Step Act of 2018, the outspoken Block admitted his fear of bad press and public blowback may have subconsciously contributed to his decision to reject an early release for Amuso.
Record-Setting Screwup Puts Skinny Teddy Back Behind Bars
Colombo
crime family boss Theodore (Skinny Teddy) Persico learned five weeks ago
that the Federal Bureau of Prisons doesn't hold a grudge when the agency
placed him inside the same halfway house where he made fools of them after
he landed there a year ago
Three Wiseguys & A 'Face Card' Win Push For November Trial, Barely
A
trio of indicted New York mobsters never laid eyes on Chauncey (Mr. Big
Shot) Billups until they saw the former NBA All Star point guard close-up in
Brooklyn Federal Court last year. But the quartet pushed hard for going to
trial together in November on wire fraud charges stemming from rigged card
games they were allegedly involved in from 2019 until last year.
