Of course, if the brother's presence could remind Frankie of his oath, fine. But do you really believe that Michael was going to rely simply on that to constrain Frankie's testimony (Michael: Golly gee. I thought that oath thing would do the trick. Now I'm going to prison. Shucks)? No. It was clear: testify and your brother dies. Remember: this is the Mafia we are discussing.


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