Joseph DiNapoli Denied Compassionate Release

[Frank]

Was DiNapoli out on bond or has he been locked up since indicted?

[Frank]

If hes been locked up since 2017, he would have less than 10 months left on his sentence. Or has he just began serving his time?

[chin_gigante]

Maybe it has something to do with this BS that was printed in the May 7, 2020 column of Gang Land:

“Spinelli was different than many of his other “gangster” clients and some of his “white-collar” clients who tended to “badmouth” the federal agents, prosecutors, as well as “the victims who testified against them” and “the judges who sentenced them,” Savitt wrote.

“Michael never once spoke ill in personal terms of either the FBI agents who investigated his case and/or testified against him or of the prosecutors at his trial,” he wrote. “Demonstrating his readiness to accept that they were ‘just doing their job’ and it was ‘nothing personal’ left an indelible impression on me,” the lawyer wrote.

Or maybe it has to do with other reasons that we won’t say here, but I’m sure that Robert DeNero’s fabulous performance back in October 2019 had something to do with it. I guess when you give high praise to shady federal agents, you deserve some sort of reward.

Spinelli was released, by a different judge, and DiNapoli wasn't because... he was polite to the government? What?

[TommyGambino]

If he's so ill what the fuck is he still doing committing crimes, who cares if they don't release him

[chin_gigante]

Spinelli's going back to prison in June now anyway per this week's Gang Land

[mafiastudent]

Spinelli's going back to prison in June now anyway per this week's Gang Land

I was being facetious....I was tying into what I wrote about Robert Spinelli in that Crea story.

[Pogo The Clown]

Spinelli's going back to prison in June now anyway per this week's Gang Land

I guess we can expect an essay in the very near future bemoaning this injustice.


Pogo

[mafiastudent]

Spinelli's going back to prison in June now anyway per this week's Gang Land

I guess we can expect an essay in the very near future bemoaning this injustice.


Pogo

Not from me.

[stubbs]

MafiaStudent is one hell of a researcher. Those articles on the Cherry Hill Gambinos were great and I learned a lot.

But the editorializing causes me to lose respect for the author. The articles would be much better with just laying out the facts plainly, letting the reader come to their own conclusions. There’s an old adage in writing called “Show, don’t tell” (Google it!)

i.e. Don’t tell us so-and-so is getting screwed by the government. Show us how they’re getting screwed and let us come to that conclusion ourselves.

When people feel like someone is telling them what to think, they tend to push back. And by editorializing, everyone is more focused on the author than the actual content of the story itself (just read through this thread).

There’s certainly a lot of room in the marketplace for a good, well-researched blog to cover history of LCN. To write about obscure stories from defunct families that may have been missed by the more well-known authors. I’d certainly keep reading if those type of stories keep coming.

Hope this helps!

[Pogo The Clown]

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Spinelli's going back to prison in June now anyway per this week's Gang Land

I guess we can expect an essay in the very near future bemoaning this injustice.


Pogo
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Not from me.
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Poor Baldy Mike. I guess he doesn't get to become a martyr for the Italian Inquisition.


Pogo

[mafiastudent]

MafiaStudent is one hell of a researcher. Those articles on the Cherry Hill Gambinos were great and I learned a lot.

But the editorializing causes me to lose respect for the author. The articles would be much better with just laying out the facts plainly, letting the reader come to their own conclusions. There’s an old adage in writing called “Show, don’t tell” (Google it!)

i.e. Don’t tell us so-and-so is getting screwed by the government. Show us how they’re getting screwed and let us come to that conclusion ourselves.

When people feel like someone is telling them what to think, they tend to push back. And by editorializing, everyone is more focused on the author than the actual content of the story itself (just read through this thread).

There’s certainly a lot of room in the marketplace for a good, well-researched blog to cover history of LCN. To write about obscure stories from defunct families that may have been missed by the more well-known authors. I’d certainly keep reading if those type of stories keep coming.

Hope this helps!

Thank you. I appreciate that and can understand your point. I wanted to show at least in the Crea article the discrepancies and inconsistencies. in the various testimony. I was just outraged. DiNapoli was more of an opinion, though based on facts as well. And I was outraged too and felt the need to express that but I get that maybe I should tone some things down. There are more regime stories coming. I'm working on a few myself...won't have the opinion inserted either...lol

[bert]

[quote="Pogo The Clown" post_id=152544 time=<a href="tel:1590074753">1590074753</a> user_id=53]
[quote=chin_gigante post_id=152527 time=<a href="tel:1590054186">1590054186</a> user_id=5708]
Spinelli's going back to prison in June now anyway per this week's Gang Land

I guess we can expect an essay in the very near future bemoaning this injustice.


Pogo

Not from me.
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Poor Baldy Mike. I guess he doesn't get to become a martyr for the Italian Inquisition.


Pogo
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You act like a complete asshole, not once have you asked to see the documents or commented on them, and those green faces are getting ridiculous. MS just gave the facts of the case and detailed what happened in court.
If someone posts a story I disagree with or don't like, I don't obsess over it, you seem to want to censor anything that is not all prosecution. I guess if some Nazi's get prosecuted you make an exception.Here, just for you:

[Frank]

I was looking into a little bit of DiNapoli,s history. In the 90s he served. only 29 0f 60 months. In the 2010s he served 8 of 36 months. My point being he got off easy then. Dont understand these numbers. But my point is he already got 2 breaks. 52 months in his line of work isnt much, its the age factor.

[mafiastudent]

I was looking into a little bit of DiNapoli,s history. In the 90s he served. only 29 0f 60 months. In the 2010s he served 8 of 36 months. My point being he got off easy then. Dont understand these numbers. But my point is he already got 2 breaks. 52 months in his line of work isnt much, its the age factor.

Exactly. And if his plea stated 36-47 months which is what he agreed to, then Siebel adding the extra five months was just spite.

[bert]

I was looking into a little bit of DiNapoli,s history. In the 90s he served. only 29 0f 60 months. In the 2010s he served 8 of 36 months. My point being he got off easy then. Dont understand these numbers. But my point is he already got 2 breaks. 52 months in his line of work isnt much, its the age factor.

That's interesting, were they federal sentences? They used to be quicker on paroles, I think they used to make guys do one third as opposed the state which requires two thirds (approximately) before parole. Those releases sound short. Do you know what his exact sentence was? For example was it 36 months straight or 24-36 months, with 36 being the max.