The reason Tookie Williams wasn't granted clemency is because he never admitted and apologized for what he did. Arnold Schwarzenegger, governor of CA at that time, cited this as one of the key reasons. Why should Persico be held to any different standard? Tookie actually wrote books trying to steer kids from a life of crime. Persico's kicking it with Bernie Madoff. Zero redemption in the guy.
"...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
