Originally Posted by DillyDolly
I'm afraid you're right Sid, fear of prison is killing the mob.



No ones afraid of prison, they’re afraid of life in prison, doing a few years or even 10 is all part of the game.

Back in the day a 20 year sentence was huge, they didn’t give out football numbers like they do today, and back in the day when you got 20, you only had to serve 8-10 years of that

You can’t compare the bygone eras of yesteryear to today, the laws are totally different and much more draconian


A March 1986 raid on DiBernardo's office seized alleged "child pornography and financial records." As "a result of the Postal Inspectors seizures [a federal prosecutor] is attempting to indict DiBernardo on child pornography violations" according to an FBI memo dated May 20, 1986.
Thousands of pages of FBI Files that document his involvement in Child Porn
https://www.muckrock.com/foi/united-states-of-america-10/star-distributors-ltd-46454/
https://www.upi.com/Archives/1981/0...s-Miporn-investigation-of/7758361252800/
https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1526052/united-states-v-dibernardo/