Originally Posted by Lana

Carlo's little farce no-brainer
Whilst Michael played this one beautifully if Carlo had steadfastly denied any part in Sonny's murder, would Carlo have perhaps gotten away with it? Michael's dilemma!

Interesting question It is fleshed out in the book that Tom and others were astonished that Michael needed his admission of guilt so if he steadfastly denied I reckon he would have had no grounds to kill him and they all would have lived happily for a hundred years