by willychichi » Tue Jun 02, 2015 2:16 am
A convicted Gambino soldier, serving a 30-year sentence for conspiring to murder both his cousin and ex-underboss Salvatore (Sammy Bull) Gravano, has been denied a compassionate release from prison — even though he is partially paralyzed due to a stroke, cannot speak, and is an amputee who must use a wheelchair.
The U.S. Bureau of Prisons determined that Edward (Cousin Eddie) Garafola, 77, remains a threat to the community and is too dangerous to send home to Staten Island, the mobster’s wife of 56 years, Frances Garafola, told the Daily News.
“I wanted us to end our lives together,” Frances, 75, said. “I’m devastated. It’s heartbreaking.”
Garafola, a made member of the Gambino crime family since the 1970s, pleaded guilty in 2007 to participating in the 1990 gangland killing of his cousin Edward (The Chink) Garofalo because he was suspected of cooperating with the feds.
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http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc ... -1.2243074
A convicted Gambino soldier, serving a 30-year sentence for conspiring to murder both his cousin and ex-underboss Salvatore (Sammy Bull) Gravano, has been denied a compassionate release from prison — even though he is partially paralyzed due to a stroke, cannot speak, and is an amputee who must use a wheelchair.
The U.S. Bureau of Prisons determined that Edward (Cousin Eddie) Garafola, 77, remains a threat to the community and is too dangerous to send home to Staten Island, the mobster’s wife of 56 years, Frances Garafola, told the Daily News.
“I wanted us to end our lives together,” Frances, 75, said. “I’m devastated. It’s heartbreaking.”
Garafola, a made member of the Gambino crime family since the 1970s, pleaded guilty in 2007 to participating in the 1990 gangland killing of his cousin Edward (The Chink) Garofalo because he was suspected of cooperating with the feds.
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/exclusive-prison-release-denied-gambino-mobster-77-article-1.2243074