Mobsters hoping to use First Step Act to secure compassionate release
By Jon Levine

January 1, 2022 9:12am Updated

A pair of mobsters who conspired to kill Gambino crime boss John Gotti are trying to get sprung — and their fates are inextricably tied to the Trump family.

Louis Manna, 92, and Richard DeSciscio, 79, have been behind bars since being sentenced to 80 and 75 years respectively in 1989 for racketeering and murder conspiracy. Manna had been the consigliere of the Genovese crime family.

The mobsters are now hoping the First Step Act, former President Trump’s landmark criminal justice reform bill, will be their ticket to securing a compassionate early release. The law allows for certain prisoners to be granted early release from federal penitentiaries in an effort to reduce the prison population.

In an ironic twist, both men were put away by presiding Federal Judge Maryanne Trump Barry — the former president’s older sister — who called the jury’s guilty verdict “courageous” and said the evidence “fairly shrieked of the defendants’ guilt.”

“Former President Trump’s expansion of the First Step Act was one of his great actions toward criminal justice reform that not only recognizes the importance of a tough-on-crime stance, but also the importance of rehabilitation and reward for good behavior and positive change,” DeSciscio attorney Marco Laracca told The Post.

Laracca said his client was in ill health, citing a past bout with prostate cancer.

Manna’s attorney Jeremy Iandolo — who followed in the long tradition of mob lawyers by denying the existence of La Cosa Nostra — insisted his wheelchair-bound client was no threat to anyone and also deserved compassionate release.

“There is no [alleged] Italian American mobster who has been released under the First Step Act. And this case would set precedent,” Iandolo said. He angrily cited the case of Eddie Cox, 86, who was released earlier this year. Cox — a white man who improbably led the “Black Mafia” of Kansas City during the 1960s and 70s — was linked to 17 murders, the Kansas City Star reported.

So far, things haven’t gone their way. Last month Senior U.S. District Judge Peter G. Sheridan again denied release to Manna stating, “His numerous crimes were extremely serious and heinous.”

Iandolo said he plans an appeal. DeSciscio’s case before the same judge is pending.

https://nypost.com/2022/01/01/gotti-enemies-hope-first-step-act-will-secure-early-release/

32 years served in prison, and their age should make them eligible for release under that act. They will let anyone else out, but as soon as they see it's a Mafia case they seem Hell bent on keeping them inside.

agreed

Yeah, and then we hear about that LCN member, “Chinky” was his nickname. He apparently wanted to do the actual work of eliminating someone as he was almost 100 years old. LCN to the core.

Bobby sounded like he was definitely a, to the core guy BUT, even his Boss showed cracks that went to the core.

Because this has come up on here before, I wanted to put this out there:

This is what happened with the non-existent "threat" Manna allegedly made towards a judge and prosecutors in his case:

An FBI memo came out right before sentencing in 1989 that said Manna could be a threat not that he threatened anyone. Barry (the trial judge) was told this - again before sentencing.

When Manna - through FOIA- learned of this memo - he tried to use judicial bias as one of his appeal arguments stating the judge should have recused herself.

BUT...in her denial…meaning Barry who also heard this particular appeal and the one who received this “threat” ...said herself it was an invalid argument because the FBI only said there “could” be a threat - not that Manna had actually threatened her or any of the prosecutors.

And yet here it is 33 years later — that bogus threat rumor— still floating around the internet as fact…

Once you got that OC label stamped on your BOP jacket you are fucked, plain and simple. If you got a vowel at the end of your name as well? Forget about it altogether. Lol

And if by chance they placed you name on one of those "official" FBI or U.S. Senate Hearing charts..... plan on maxing out any sentence they give you. (and rest assure it'll be an "enhanced" prison term to begin with). Even if you were convicted of a white collar offense, or another somewhat minor crime in the "penal system" scheme of things.

It's just the way it is. We got no "affirmative action" committees for Italians. That went out the window with the IAADL in 71'

I know an Italian guy from New York that has no connection at all to OC. Got 2 years for pump and dump for weed stocks ....arrested by the feds and case was because of an undercover. He did not cooperate it’s just as long as your not OC your not gonna get fucked but once your part of the mob it comes with the territory....

I forgot to put this link to a preview of the Schiff murder story I'll be posting up very soon (both in print and on YouTube)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9h-yn2Gz_U