Ironically the jury didn't buy Ralph Natale's testimony on the witness stand in 2001. He tried to give off the Don Vito Corleone vibe and the jury knew it was b.s. Natale didn't do as much damage to the Philly mob as the feds hoped. He got the Merlino crew nailed on racketeering and drug charges, but not for murder (and they already had enough evidence from Ron Previte to nail them on the former two charges). Natale was forbidden to go into Philly on terms of his parole, so he couldn't manage the Merlino crew very well. He ordered murders but Merlino either ignored them or did them in ways Natale did not intend. George Anatasia made a comment saying that he never understood why the feds made the deal with Ralph, because Ralph was not a good witness, period. They probably just wanted to say that they got the first American Mafia boss to flip. Natale just doesn't want to admit that he was used like a fiddle by the Merlino guys. To quote George again, he was "more like Uncle Junior."