The criteria used to identify gang members as terrorists in many instances could also be used to identify mobsters as terrorists.
I don't see gangs as political, terrorists have a political agenda or purposely target innocent people for mass killings, but we are getting off topic. They get let out, whatever they are called.
Mobsters get out, too. Whether it's mobsters or gang members, I think it's more a case of individual discretion among judges than any sort of trend. The Snake just ran out of luck. Can't find a friendly judge.
"...the successful annihilation of organized crime's subculture in America would rock the 'legitimate' world's foundation, which would ultimately force fundamental social changes and redistributions of wealth and power in this country. Meyer Lansky's dream was to bond the two worlds together so that one could not survive without the other." - Dan E. Moldea
