I think it's too easy with murder sentences. Don't know if this is true, but I read that prosecutors don't want to pursue the death penalty against mobsters. Joe Massino was an exception and he flipped. I'd bet others would also flip.
The last "gangster" to be executed was Lepke Buchalter, and that was in 1944.
You'll almost never get a New York City jury (especially outer borough juries like Brooklyn or here in the Bronx) to vote yes to death at sentencing. That's why the sentencing phase of Vinny Basciano's trial was such a farce. They were NEVER going to get that sentence in Brooklyn. Not in a million years.
The prosecutors finally got one through a few months ago, though. That piece of shit cop killer Ronell Wilson was sentenced to death in Brooklyn federal court. Scumbag. If they were to put his execution on pay per view, I'd pay for everyone here to watch it
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