I don't know why people say this. These guys are not just harmless neighborhood guys taking some bets. They're sworn members of a greater ongoing organized criminal enterprise and they should serve every day of their sentence.
Being a member of the Mafia is not illegal.
If they've done other crimes, convict them. But four years for what you can do down the road in Atlantic perfectly legally is a joke.
Prison systems not taking enough of your tax dollars Ivy?
