Michael franzses wrote his first book in the early 90tys. He goes into detail about tom dibella being the boss. Carmine persico i think went to prison in 1973 after his last appeal was nulled. He was sentenced to 12 yrs i think so hed have to do like 7ish. So the commission had to put in a official boss it was gambinos friend. Like greg scarpa said to the fbi he steped down in 1980 he was a real old man by then. Carmines whole appeal for freedom is he told his cousin he didnt want to kill galante but it wasnt his vote it was dibellas. It makes sense. They should have charged him with anyone of the dozen murders he orderd from prison after the commission trial like the d.a.s father. killed by the colombos. Think hes innocent of galantes murder. Even massino cleared the whole story up he said on the stand rustelli order galantes murder it didnt have to do with other bosses. Rusty was the offical boss of the bonanno family.
But then which one of the 2 versions is more likely? That it was a Commission decision with DiBella voting against or was it Rastelli alone? Even if both versions say Persico wasn't involved, still they are different, was there a vote or was it just Rastelli?
But I wonder why didn't the feds get crazy with rage after the Aronwald murder Persico ordered. Wanted a prosecutor hit, killed his father instead (a judge anyway, even an administrative one, still law enforcement) and the reaction was so-so: Cacace got 20 years, not life, and Persico wasn't charged. Even though he was already serving 170 years or something like that, still the absence of vengeful reaction against him seems out of character.
For example, when Massino flipped, there was talk about death penalty, since the Sciascia murder was committed after a new law was introduced, so allegedly Massino flipped in exchange for his life being spared, although for some insane reason they released him after 10 years only (although some people say he knew they don't use death penalty in New York any more, if I remember well). So, why didn't they get pissed at Persico for the Aronwald murder and ask for the death penalty, like they were going to for Massino? Seems out of character, usually when somebody from law enforcement is targeted or killed, the reaction is 100 times the normal one.
