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...jury acquitted Gotti and six co-defendants of carrying out at least two murders, two armored car robberies that netted $1 million, truck hijackings, loansharking and gambling over an 18-year period...
...YORK--The acquittal of reputed Mafia leader John Gotti not only broke a string of successes in the government's fight against organized crime but also discredited the federal witness protection program, his lawyer says...
...prosecution, portraying Gotti as boss of the nation's most powerful Mafia family, the Gambino organization, based its racketeering case on the testimony of mob turn-coats...
...witnesses were given immunity and in some cases new identities and promises of relocation in return for their testimony implicating Gotti. They all admitted to lying in the past for criminal purposes...
...think they're tired of paid government witnesses who lie," Gotti's attorney, Bruce Cutler, said after the verdict. "I think it's a swing in the right direction...