ROSE MARIE, WHO PERFORMED AT THE FLAMINGO OPENING IN 1946, REMEMBERS IT WELL SINGER COMPLAINED TO BUGSY SIEGEL BEFORE KNOWING WHO HE RELALY WAS Rose Marie’s trademark raspy voice has more energy than a casino full of lucky gamblers, and she’s not shy about sharing personal stories of Bugsy Siegel, Virginia Hill, the “guys” […]
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The power of the Presidential pardon is as allusive as the goose that laid the golden egg, but substantially more valuable. The Constitution’s Article II grants the President the “power to grant reprieves and pardons for offenses against the United States.” But over the past 225 years, a number of pardons have certainly raised eyebrows,
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CARMINE PERSICO’S SELF-DEFENSE PROVIDED LAUGHS BUT NO LEGAL ADVANTAGE FOR HIM OR OTHER DEFENDANTS The Commission trial continued through November and into December of 1986. The eight men on trial included New York’s top Mafia bosses and a few of their key underlings. The Manhattan courtroom was always standing room only. Arriving early in order
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THE COMMISSION TRIAL LIFTED THE LID ON THE NEW YORK MAFIA THIRTY-FIVE YEARS AGO, THE FBI AND FEDERAL PROSECUTORS AIMED TO TAKE DOWN LEADERS OF THE FIVE FAMILIES In the annals of Mafia courtroom dramas, one case tends to stand above the rest, The United States v. Salerno, otherwise known as the Commission trial. This 1986
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