Originally Posted By: Dwalin2011
While we agree on the part that (especially today) there are many made members who never pulled the trigger, are there many members who really were never involved in murders in any way, not even as one who helped planning it, or provided the guns, or was the getaway driver, or at least was informed about it and didn't do anything to prevent it?

Jerry Angiulo is probably the most known example of a mafioso who was made because of money making skills, not violence, yet he was involved in at least 3 hits (Rocco DiSeglio, Joe Barboza, Angelo Patrizzi).

Pasquale "Pat the Cat" Spriito wasn't killed precisely for the fact he didn't want to kill and tried to compensate it with making more money, but nevertheless did participate in Dominick DeVito's murder.

Vito Cascio Ferro said before dying in prison said he never killed anyone, EXCEPT for Joe Petrosino.

Vincent Falcone who was killed by Scarfo: from most descriptions he seems more like just a crooked businessman that a killer, yet he helped Leonetti to kill Louis DeMarco.

Only Frank D'Alfonso, also whacked by Scarfo seems not to have killed anyone, but was he a made member?


There have been made priests, doctors and lawyers who never personally killed anyone, may or may not have given orders, but certainly aided and/or abetted.