Hey Guys, speaking of rats... Vito was charged and was given time because he admitted to being in the room at the time the 3 capos were killed, although never admitted to pulling the trigger.
Complete denial, or respecting the omertà, could have landed him a 25 year sentence.
Therefore, in cutting "a deal" of sorts, could Vito be considered a rat? I'm just asking the question. Don't forget that the reason Nic asked for approval to knock Paolo off was because it was an "insult" to the mafia the way in which he was dealing with the bad press he was generating and how his operations became public knowledge.
What do you guys think? I personally, don't consider Vito a "rat" per-se, but I am not an Expert at mafia omertà code.
In the strictest sense, you could argue that he violated Omerta. However, he didn't name anybody else in the crime, so he's no rat.
