23 June 2017

History for the day: 1992: Teflon Don sentenced to life

 

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1992
Teflon Don sentenced to life
Mafia boss John Gotti, who was nicknamed the "Teflon Don" after escaping unscathed from several trials during the 1980s, is sentenced to life in prison after being found guilty on 14 accounts of conspiracy to commit murder and racketeering. Moments after his sentence was read in a federal courthouse... read more »
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