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Gov't Quits in Gotti Case

By TChris, Section Crime in the News
Posted on Fri Oct 20, 2006 at 04:11:18 PM EST
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Having failed to convince three successive juries of John "Junior" Gotti's guilt (as TalkLeft reported here, here, and here), the government is finally admitting defeat. In a Friday news dump, embarrassed federal prosecutors announced that they won't pursue a fourth trial.

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    Gov't Quits in Gotti Case | 2 comments (2 topical)
    Re: Gov't Quits in Gotti Case (none / 0) (#1)
    by desertswine on Fri Oct 20, 2006 at 04:27:57 PM EST
    Why don't they just declare him to be an "enemy combatant?"  Then, they don't even have to worry about another trial.

    Re: Gov't Quits (none / 0) (#2)
    by kdog on Fri Oct 20, 2006 at 05:32:56 PM EST
    Don't give 'em any ideas d'wine....

    C'mon feds...everybody knows the 4th time is a charm!  

    Seriously though...is it 6 figures or 7 that the feds wasted on this dog of a case in their zeal to convict a "Gotti"?  If his last name was "Smith" they would have gave up after the first try..or more likely never tried him at all.

    Gov't Quits in Gotti Case | 2 comments (2 topical)