In their defense, the Commission bosses who went down in the Commission Trial were new to the whole RICO Act, never before had a slew of mob bosses went down in such a fashion and then slammed with 100-year sentences. Guys like Gotti, Amuso, and Casso on the other hand watched what happened to Corallo, Salerno, Persico, and the others yet still didn't learn from their mistakes. They had no excuse.