I dunno, Delly.

Generally speaking, in this day and age I agree that you have to be crazy not to deal when the Feds label it an LCN case. But in Santora's case, he probably figures it's a death sentence either way.

It almost reminds me of the Gambino case where Cuban Pete the Super Agent put them all in jail. They pretty much all pleaded out except for Greg DePalma. I forget what they offered him, but he knew he'd never survive either way. The guy had recurring cancers for the last dozen or so years of his life, plus he had all kinds of breathing problems. That wasn't an act at that point.

So five years or ten years, he figured it didn't make a difference. I'm just guessing here, but I think that's probably how Santora's looking at it.