Showing posts with label Michael Critchley. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Michael Critchley. Show all posts

September 9, 2011

US Officials Corrupt Courts Using Loathsome Witnesses

US officials use loathsome FBI informants in the Courts. DiLeonardo decided to cooperate only after he was arrested. One Boston FBI informant lied under oath to frame four white men (Joe Salvati, Peter Limone, Henry Tameleo, Louis Greco) for a murder they did not commit. Prosecutors in longest US Court trial in history employed violent criminals as witnesses where all defendants were acquitted. Lead defense attorney Michael Critchley summed it up during the trial. "We know who protects us from the criminals, but who protects us from the informants?" ("The Boys From New Jersey," Robert Rudolph, William Morris, New York, 1992).

[From article]
"When he was busted in 2002, DiLeonardo was charged only in a failed murder plot and a construction-industry extortion scheme.
But after deciding to leave “the life” four months later, he spilled his guts -- detailing a life of crime that included two murders, weapons possession, securities and wire fraud, loan-sharking, bookmaking and money laundering.
He also admitted his role in setting up the 1992 shooting of radio host Curtis Sliwa for bad-mouthing the late Gambino boss “Dapper Don” John Gotti."

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/go_easy_on_our_prize_rat_gSHGSxOSa56JbPChQIDBsM

Go easy on our prize rat
Feds urge ‘Scars’ judge ...
By BRUCE GOLDING
New York Post
Last Updated: 7:10 AM, September 9, 2011
Posted: 1:08 AM, September 9, 2011

August 19, 2011

Longest US Court Trial, All Acquitted

True story of the longest trial in US Court history. Twenty defendants from the Lucchese crime family in New Jersey were found not guilty of all charges. Judge Harold Ackerman who died in 2009 presided in US District Court in Newark, NJ. Lead defense attorney Michael Critchley summed it up during the trial. "We know who protects us from the criminals, but who protects us from the informants?"

The Boys from New Jersey: How the Mob Beat the Feds
by Robert Rudolph
William Morris and Company
New York
1992

The Boys From New Jersey: How the Mob Beat the Feds