Alright, enough already! End it!

Well I finally decided what my last paper subject will be: deals from prosecutors with criminals. I has a slight link with the RICO act. It's about the deals a prosecutors makes with criminals to convict another criminal. Most of the times someone higher in the ranks.

(Just to let you know...)

Speaking of the Rico Act...I've always wondered if they started off with the name "rico" ("is this the end of Rico?"), and then found suitable words to fit it. The act itself could have been named a lot of things and still had the same meaning. Rico to me has always sounded Italian, and Italian organized crime has always been at the top of the government's hit list.

Could be. The author of the law, Robert Blakey, was specifically aiming at the Mafia. And giving a law (or a government agency, or a movement) a catchy, easy-to-pronounce acronym is always helpful in getting attention and making people remember what it is. How many people can readily identify OSHA, NARAL, etc.?

In the "Five Families" book Selwyn Raab writes that one of Blakey's favorite movies was "Little Caesar". The fictionalized Al Capone of that movie was nicknamed Rico.
"Mother of Mercy, is this the end of Rico?"

Still a great film...

Still a great film...

Rudy Giuliani is a major "Godfather" fan. As US Attorney, he invited Blakey to give daily briefings on RICO to his staff so he could prepare the famous "Commission" case. He referred to Blakey as "my consigliere."