Gotti crime family withers, but still evokes power
Quick ReadThe trial of John "Junior" Gotti, has only underscored how much the notorious crime family has become uncoupled from the Gotti men who for years defined it.
Photo credit: Newsday/Ken Sawchuk | John Gotti arrives at State Supreme Court in Lower Manhattan during his trial in February, 1990. At right is his brother Peter Gotti.
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For all practical purposes, the clock stopped on the power of the Gotti name in organized crime when former Gambino boss John J. Gotti died of cancer in a federal prison hospital in June 2002.
The fourth federal racketeering trial of John "Junior" Gotti, who inherited his father's mantle, has only underscored how much the notorious crime family has become uncoupled from the Gotti men who for...
