Serving Two Life Terms, Mob Boss Who Became Informer Wins Release
Source: NY Times
When Joseph C. Massino took the witness stand in 2011, becoming the first official boss of one of New York’s five crime families to break the code of silence and testify against a former confederate, he offered a succinct explanation for his departure from mob tradition.
“I’m hoping to see a light at the end of the tunnel,” he said.
On Wednesday, the tunnel got a whole lot shorter: a federal judge commuted Mr. Massino’s sentence of two consecutive life terms in prison.
Mr. Massino, the former boss of the Bonanno crime family, will be released from federal custody in 60 days, a period the government requested to put in place security arrangements to keep Mr. Massino safe from what are presumed to be a considerable number of enemies.
Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/11/nyregion/Judge-Commutes-2-Life-Sentences-for-Mob-Boss-Joseph-Massino-Who-Became-Informer.html
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