Vincent papa of the lucchese's was stabbed to death in Atlanta 1977.
He was behind the huge French connection heroin theft from the NY police store rooms and word was leaked he had offered to become an informant to get out from under the dealing charges.
The Lucchese family had gangster, Herbie Sperling contract the AB who shanked him
It was actually some black inmates that killed him and one was convicted i think. Herbie sperling may have had his own reason for it though as well.
There were a few mob related murders in that place at the time.
William Rhett Zambito, 30, was reputedly a mob enforcer in Miami and a suspect in 10 murders. He agreed to testify in a narcotics case on condition he would be protected while serving time for drugs. Prison officials say they were never told, and Zambito was stabbed to death March 28, his first day at Atlanta.
The most recent victim, mob-connected drug smuggler Dominique Orsini, 55, was stabbed to death last April 10. A homemade knife lay nearby. A major figure in the celebrated "French Connection" case (like Vincent Papa), Orsini was serving 10 years on a drug-conspiracy charge. There are no suspects in the case. 
