Didn't Basciano put a contract out on a prosecutor or a judge or something? And he was tied to several murders.

Gotti has undoubtedly been directly involved in several murders and by all rights should be locked up, but as Dellacroce said, he hasn't been convicted of something.

If he didn't want his wife being "victimised" maybe he should have found another line of work.... or ratted like Massino.