Word: lapietra
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After deliberating for 30 hours, the jury last week convicted the five defendants: Joseph J. Aiuppa, 78, the Chicago Mafia boss; John Cerone, 71, Joseph Lombardo, 57, and Angelo LaPietra, 65, all of Chicago; and Cleveland Mob Leader Milton J. Rockman, 71. Each could be sentenced to 40 years in jail. Chicago FBI Chief Edward Hegarty called the convictions of the Midwest's top mobsters, along with earlier guilty pleas of Mob leaders in Kansas City, "the most significant prosecution of organized-crime figures in the history of the U.S." An even bigger Mafia trial is to start next March...
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