Joey Testa being released

[Manf]

Incredible both of them are getting released and Vic Orena could never even get a retrial.

[furiofromnaples]

https://casetext.com/case/testa-v-us-2

on May 15, 1990, James Cardinale, a former cooperating Government witness who did not testify at petitioners' trial, appeared on the television program "Larry King Live." In the course of his appearance, Cardinale alleged in effect that he had been induced by Government agents in the Southern District of New York to "coach" a Government witness, Mickey Featherstone, to make a false identification of petitioners at their trial. Shortly thereafter, in July, 1990, another Government witness at petitioners' trial, Joseph Bennett, Jr., telephoned counsel for petitioner Testa. In the call; and in a subsequent interview conducted by Testa's investigator, Bennett claimed, inter alia, that he had been induced by the Government to falsely implicate Testa in one of the murders that the jury found as a predicate act

[Teflon Dom]

Finally. Justice for an innocent man.

[Pogo The Clown]

Finally. Justice for Fuggetaboutit.


Pogo

[Uforeality]

I wonder if these two getting paroled has anything to with the weird soft-on-crime trend manifesting in the form of "restorative justice" and "Soros DAs" and decriminalized shoplifting and all that? Not that they are the subjects of those trends (said trends are largely intended to reduce "disparate impact" on black criminals) but perhaps indirect, downstream benficiaries of them somehow?

This is a federal prison. Nothing to do with the state of California other than being there.

[Ivan]

I wonder if these two getting paroled has anything to with the weird soft-on-crime trend manifesting in the form of "restorative justice" and "Soros DAs" and decriminalized shoplifting and all that? Not that they are the subjects of those trends (said trends are largely intended to reduce "disparate impact" on black criminals) but perhaps indirect, downstream benficiaries of them somehow?

This is a federal prison. Nothing to do with the state of California other than being there.

Was referring to the overall soft-on-crime trend that is pervasive even in Biden's federal DOJ. Didn't even know he was in Cali.

[AustraliaSteve]

69 if you ain't the boss or a capo. That convict inc guy says joe testa was like a real co and warden pet. Always talking to the guards for what it's worth

Wow, see this got me thinking. In Australian jails, if you initiate a conversation with a screw, or even engage with them too much when you have to respond, you’re considered a dog (which is what we call rats in Australia). Basically you want to do your time with as little as possible contact with the screws. Is this different in the states? Maybe because of his profile (serial killer, 30 odd years inside) he’s given a wider berth? I don’t know, just thought it was an interesting point.
We call them “cheese balls” and ostracised them if they’re friendly with the screws. They fuck with the new guys, and during lock down, after opening the cell door and closing in the prisoner, some screws will hold out their hand for a handshake. Some dumb fuck always falls for it, sees a hand and automatically shakes it, and they get fucking roasted for it.

[Snakes]

I wonder if these two getting paroled has anything to with the weird soft-on-crime trend manifesting in the form of "restorative justice" and "Soros DAs" and decriminalized shoplifting and all that? Not that they are the subjects of those trends (said trends are largely intended to reduce "disparate impact" on black criminals) but perhaps indirect, downstream benficiaries of them somehow?

This is a federal prison. Nothing to do with the state of California other than being there.

Was referring to the overall soft-on-crime trend that is pervasive even in Biden's federal DOJ. Didn't even know he was in Cali.

They were imprisoned before federal parole reform. Very few mob guys left in the system that this applies to.

[Eline2015]

69 if you ain't the boss or a capo. That convict inc guy says joe testa was like a real co and warden pet. Always talking to the guards for what it's worth

Wow, see this got me thinking. In Australian jails, if you initiate a conversation with a screw, or even engage with them too much when you have to respond, you’re considered a dog (which is what we call rats in Australia). Basically you want to do your time with as little as possible contact with the screws. Is this different in the states? Maybe because of his profile (serial killer, 30 odd years inside) he’s given a wider berth? I don’t know, just thought it was an interesting point.
We call them “cheese balls” and ostracised them if they’re friendly with the screws. They fuck with the new guys, and during lock down, after opening the cell door and closing in the prisoner, some screws will hold out their hand for a handshake. Some dumb fuck always falls for it, sees a hand and automatically shakes it, and they get fucking roasted for it.

It’s about the same thing here in Russia. There are two prison regimes: red, where power is entirely in the hands of the correctional system, and where prisoners are tortured, abused, etc. In these regimes, convicted police officers sit; and blacks, where power is supposedly in the hands of prisoners, but in reality it is not. In these black prisons, there is a kind of agreement between the administration and influential prisoners (either the thief in law or the overseer) that the prisoners will behave quietly and the authorities will not interfere in their affairs (like the Camorra in prisons under the Bourbons). In black prisons too, if you actively cooperate with the authorities, then you automatically become trash in their eyes. They are called activists (in Soviet times they had a red bandage tied to their arm). Now the situation in these prisons is changing. When Prigozhin was alive, and he went to recruit recruits to these black prisons, only a few opposed it. In prison terms, joining Wagner is the same as becoming an activist. Only in a couple of prisons did prisoners carry out stabbings because of this.

[Ivan]

Today's NY Post. Says he's moving to Nevada. I want to slap this nephew guy Jesus Christ he's annoying.

https://nypost.com/2024/03/10/us-news/s ... -sentence/

[NothingNew44]

Today's NY Post. Says he's moving to Nevada. I want to slap this nephew guy Jesus Christ he's annoying.

https://nypost.com/2024/03/10/us-news/s ... -sentence/

The nephew is pretty bizarre. The angle of cooperation does seem interesting and quite feasible.

[Ivan]

Speaking of this dude, one really weird thing I keep seeing in discussions of the DeMeo crew is people freaking out because they ordered pizza after they killed someone. Like, "oh my GOD they ORDERED PIZZA after they KILLED their victims and before they DISMEMBERED them!" I think even Murder Machine does this.

I guess it's because pizza vaguely resembles bood and guts, or something?

[Shellackhead]

Speaking of this dude, one really weird thing I keep seeing in discussions of the DeMeo crew is people freaking out because they ordered pizza after they killed someone. Like, "oh my GOD they ORDERED PIZZA after they KILLED their victims and before they DISMEMBERED them!" I think even Murder Machine does this.

I guess it's because pizza vaguely resembles bood and guts, or something?

No, its because they had the stomach to eat during their dismemberment of someone. Imagine seeing someone’s intestines & then eating pizza or whatever the fuck, thats insane

[Ivan]

No, its because they had the stomach to eat during their dismemberment of someone. Imagine seeing someone’s intestines & then eating pizza or whatever the fuck, thats insane

Fair enough, lol. I just thought it was funny people got stuck on that point so much.

[AntComello]

Just watched that music video smh seems like the younger relatives of mob heavies are extremely good at embarrassing themselves lol