Yeah they do. It's always: "I was the biggest fucking earner, the toughest motherfucker to walk the streets, a true man of honour and one of the nicest guys you will ever met "

I don't know whether Sammy is telling the truth or not about Gotti wanting him to take the fall, may be he is, but Sammy was going away for life regardless of whether he took the fall or not, there was just too much evidence against him to reach reasonable doubt.

Frankie Loc was in the same predicament and kept his mouth shut while Sammy decided he ain't doing life and threw 30+ other guys under the bus.