DOC The Papers of Thomas Jefferson: Retirement Series; Volume 13: 22 April 1818 to 31 January 1819 by Thomas Jefferson in History

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For four decades the name Gotti has been synonymous with organized crime in the minds of the public; who were told stories about them with varying degrees of accuracy. But now in Shadow of My Father; the real story of the King of the Volcano is revealed for the first time. John A. Gotti who survived four trials and a parole violation hearing without a guilty verdict; in four years; now takes up his pen to tell the story of his father’s unwavering dedication to the street; and how as his son he entered that life and then with his father’s permission left the life of crime and put the “Family” behind him to live a legitimate life with his real family. It is a saga of betrayal and redemption; and an insider’s view of how at times those who are tasked with upholding the law readily broke it to further their careers. FROM THE FOREWORD: As colorful and tragic as Gotti Sr’s life was; the self-told chronicle of his son’s odyssey reads like an epic worthy of Victor Hugo. As far back as 1998 John A. “Junior” Gotti declared himself a “civilian” and with his father’s permission withdrew from the Life. But over the next ten years the Justice Department refused to let that happen. After he’d served nearly six and a half years and paid millions in fines; the DOJ came after him again with four trials and a tax prosecution—five; not four—attempts to send him away for life. One indictment even included a death penalty eligible crime. But in the end; Gotti Junior proved to be “The Teflon Son.” To wage their relentless series of prosecutions the Feds used some fifteen Assistant U.S. Attorneys and more than a hundred cooperating witnesses; many of whom were violent felony offenders who had; in the aggregate; committed nearly a hundred murders and hundreds of assaults and robberies. Then; after testifying; those violent criminals soon got their freedom and many of them were released to the streets with the help and support of their government handlers.