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Originally Posted by Stevecsd2
Yes, he was sentenced to 10 years. Never recovered his criminal empire when he got out. He should have been tried for murder. Killed more than one person.
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Once again testing memory and not cheating by Googling. Wasn't Al a well liked philanthropist? Did he not donate a lot of his money to help feed poor people during the depression? I believe it is true that the Chicago gang members of that era were of a lot higher class than what we have now.
As were those in other areas decades later. I do not remember the names but when I was in High School in the 70's there was a multi volume set on crime and punishment that was in the library that I killed time reading. So I learned a lot about gangsters from the early 70's and all years prior. The time killed reading was in the summer, because I had skipped a grade I could not drive till late in my junior year. Back then football had two a day summer practices, even in High School, today they are no longer allowed. I went 3 summers on my routine.
I commuted by bicycle 7 miles each way so no way in hell am I going to ride a bike 28 miles a day on top of summer football practices. I took summer school
classes and hung out in the library between practices.
Back to my point that modern gangsters are worse than their predecessors.
In the past gangsters did not want to incur collateral damage and had a code of ethics. Off memory look at the killing of Albert Anastasia, the fact he was killed without a scratch on anyone else in that barbershop is amazing.
Today's gangsters will spray with bullets a funeral, wedding or even a Juneteenth celebration, without care of killing grandmas or elementary school
children as long as their target it dead
