Come on guys, let's not sit here and pretend that in America every wiseguy gets slammed with a 30-50 year sentence, or life without parole, every single time. Even with RICO, many wiseguys plead out and get light sentences because the government doesn't want the headache of a long and costly trial. Joseph DeSimone only served 10 years for murder involvement and gambling, and that's just one example. I think it's just a roll of the dice, or a toss-up, some mobsters get sweet deals, others get reamed with no grease. We have guys getting a pittance of a sentence in the 1990s and 2000s for the same type of crimes bosses received 100 years for in the 1980s. I still stand my ground, the American Mafia is in such a pathetic state more because of a shrinking talent pool than RICO.