This Week In Gang Land
Lawyer Goes All Out In Seeking Compassion For Elderly Mafia Boss Vic Amuso
Attorney
Anthony DiPietro injected a blockbuster personal revelation in a last ditch
effort to win a compassionate release from a life sentence for 91-year-old
Mafia boss Vittorio (Vic) Amuso, who's been behind bars for more than 34
years, Gang Land has learned.
In a compelling court filing, DiPietro discloses that his 69-year-old father, Angelo, a twice convicted gangster with ties to Italian and Albanian organized crime, suffered a heart attack and died at the Danbury Federal Prison in January while serving a 34 year prison term that began in 2004.
Amuso should be released from his prison hospital, DiPietro argues, not only because he is "immobile, medically fragile and dependent on chronic, ongoing end-of-life care." It would also spare Amuso's children the "immeasurable pain" the attorney suffered when he was matter-of-factly notified that his father had died alone, needing medical attention that never came.
Feds Deliver Legal Beatdown As Gambino Associate Takes Plea Deal
The
Gambino associate whose scheme to fix the drug trafficking trial of his
friend Goran Gogic turned into a disaster for the Serbian boxer, his
lawyer, the longtime gangster and his two Staten Island cohorts, has copped
a plea deal that could cost him more than 13 years in prison, Gang Land has
learned.
Feds Use Gangster's Own Words To Bounce Mob Lawyer From His Case
April was the cruelest month for defense lawyer Joseph Corozzo. A week after he was bounced from a major drug trafficking case, the noted
organized crime barrister — mob lawyer, if you insist — was also ousted from
the loansharking trial of a violent mob associate, Mark Liverano, who was
caught on tape stating Corozzo was a made member of the Gambino crime
family.
