by Confederate » Wed May 20, 2020 2:51 pm
Dwalin2014 wrote: ↑Wed May 20, 2020 2:36 pm
“The Chicago Outfit was demolished by the ‘Family Secrets’ case in 2007.”
Does anyone think the importance of the Family Secrets trial is often overblown? Of all the defendants in that trial, only Marcello and Lombardo were important enough, and Lombardo was semi-retired already, while Marcello probably wasn't the real main power in the organization (DiFronzo and Andriacchi were). The other defendants were just "small fry". The Strawman trial where Aiuppa and others went down, and even the case where Carlisi and several others were convicted, did much more harm to the Outfit imo.
Yes, I agree. Except, Marcello was an important guy to keep in Prison. He had ideas to revitalize the half dead Outfit IMO. When ho got out temporarily in the early 2000's, he was the man to take over the blue collar rackets. He was much more capable than Sarno. Aside from that, The other previous cases you mentioned were much more devastating. The big downturn for the Outfit began with the Strawman Case Convictions & it has been downhill ever since. The 90's was devastating to the Outfit.
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[quote]“The Chicago Outfit was demolished by the ‘Family Secrets’ case in 2007.”[/quote]
Does anyone think the importance of the Family Secrets trial is often overblown? Of all the defendants in that trial, only Marcello and Lombardo were important enough, and Lombardo was semi-retired already, while Marcello probably wasn't the real main power in the organization (DiFronzo and Andriacchi were). The other defendants were just "small fry". The Strawman trial where Aiuppa and others went down, and even the case where Carlisi and several others were convicted, did much more harm to the Outfit imo.
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Yes, I agree. Except, Marcello was an important guy to keep in Prison. He had ideas to revitalize the half dead Outfit IMO. When ho got out temporarily in the early 2000's, he was the man to take over the blue collar rackets. He was much more capable than Sarno. Aside from that, The other previous cases you mentioned were much more devastating. The big downturn for the Outfit began with the Strawman Case Convictions & it has been downhill ever since. The 90's was devastating to the Outfit.