Carmine “Junior” Persico the boss of the Colombo crime family was sentenced to 100 years in prison for a racketeering conviction in the 1986 Mafia commission trial.
The aging mobster has been fightings to have that sentence set aside but saw his efforts once again shot down. A Manhattan federal judge in a 24-page decision denied Persico’s request to be resentenced stating that the defendant was convicted by overwhelming evidence in what was a fair trial. But Persico maintains that his sentence is constitutionally defective because of the feds failure to disclose favorable information to him and his defense team before trial and at his sentencing.
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Persico insist that FBI records prove that other mobsters were serving as the Colombo family boss at the time of the mob hit on Carmine Galante in 1979, and since he wasn’t the boss of the Cosa Nostra family at the time he could not have been part of the Mafia Commission. This means that he couldn’t have had anything to do with the historic NY Mafia hit on Galante a murder which he believes formed the basis of his sentence. But the judge wasn’t buying Persico’s claims and said the FBI reports submitted by Persico contained either “preliminary, challenged or speculative” information and this wouldn’t have changed the verdict at his trial if they had been presented and had nothing to do with his sentencing.
The judge in the last page of his ruling that nothing discovered by the defense since the trial and sentencing throws any doubt upon the previous conclusion. Defense attorney’s Mathew Mari and Anthony DiPietro have vowed to carry on the fight on behalf of Persico and said they were disappointed in the judges decision but plan to appeal the ruling to the Second Circuit Court of Appeals. Perhaps Persico has a better chance at getting released on parole although that seems just as unlikely. But according to U.S. Parole Commission guidelines come January when Persico completes 30 years of his sentence parole would be mandatory unless “there is a reasonable probability that the prisoner will commit any Federal, State, or local crime, or that the prisoner has frequently or seriously violated the rules of (his) institution.”
But the feds still consider the aging mobster to be the official boss of the Colombo family and has allegedly ordered violent crimes from prison on numerous occasions over the years. These alleged orders include the Colombo family war from 1991-93 which left various Colombo family mobsters and other dead. The feds with the use of this information will definitely make a heavy push for the parole board to keep the infamous American mafia boss behind bars until his death which may not be far off due to reports of his declining health.
They are never going to let Carmine out while he is alive. These motions and appeals will never amount to anything and he def won’t be granted parole. He was a big conquest for the feds and they still consider him as the Colombo family boss which insures he wont ever make it out alive.
Compassionate release is his only hope. But that would be only if he only had a few weeks to live or terminally ill
Agreed seems like the only likely outcome for Carmine to ever get out.
A couple of years back Christy Tick Furnari was granted parole and came home. Do you think that may help Persico’s chance at parole?
He will definitely use it as an angle in his fight but I don’t think it will make a difference in the end. He was such a high profile guy for the feds and putting him away for 100 yrs was seen as a major victory add that in with fact he remains the boss of the Colombo family still today (even if its is in name only) make it extremely unlikely that he will ever be granted parole. It seems like the only way he makes it out is after his funeral.
when spata and Attanasio were beefing a couple of years ago spata was getting bullied in prison spata being carmines son in law reaches out to carmine. Carmine perisco tells attanasio to back down the old man still has influence this was two years carmine from a different prison other side of the country can make a move like still holds power
real gangster carmine still has influence he helped angelo spata out while he was inside that was two years aggo
dont know how this site has not reported on this yet been all over the news Owner of L&B Spumoni Gardens Louis Barbati was whacked outside his home couple days ago apparently they found 15k on him so does not look like a robbery looks mob related his son in law is guerra the colombo mobster.
I saw some stuff on that and some reports it may have been a robbery attempt and some others that think it may have been organized crime related. Def a mob link there although not if it was a hit or not.
true some are saying it is a robbery but it does not make sense to me why whack the guy and then not take the 15k on him maybe they panicked but why shoot so many times does not sound like a robbery alot of talk around there everyone saying its mob related who knows maybe it was a robbery but then again they saw a lexus outside the house who uses a lexus for a robbery i am not sure what has happened here it might not have been sanctioned who knows what happened first hit in that area in years its a well of area
it will be interesting to see what happened here
Explore (Preliminary) with Larrison v United States, 24 F 2d 82 (7th Circuit 1928), did any informants testify/ if so, was the testimony false? On the basis of newly discovered evidence, the outcome would have been different and Persico would be entitled to a new Trial or Release from coustody.