Originally Posted By: Moe_Tilden
It is fairly unprecedented, is it not, for a boss to be ousted whilst imprisoned?

Gotti, Gigante, Persico, Rastelli, Corallo.... all maintained power while behind bars; why is it any different with Amuso?

Nobody questioning Crea being the big shot on the streets of course.


Corallo
Scarfo
Stanfa
All lost power

It depends on how many supporters the guy has on the streets when he goes away and if he still wants to hold onto power. Rastelli had power because he had supporters and wasn't sentenced to life. Corallo gave up power. Gigante and Persico were able to hold on because they had a huge number of supporters on the streets. Same with John Gotti. Peter Gotti has no supporters so he lost all power. Same with Scarfo and Stanfa. The question here is how many supporters Amuso has on the streets?