I saw earlier where there are some people wondering what a waste of time and especially money to prosecute some like Basciano already doing life but if they don't and some how he wins appeals on earlier convictions then he walks.I used to wonder that too but some of these mobsters especially in the Philly area have had successful appeals.Sometimes the juries are getting tired of seeing how much some of these informats and rats are paid.That's how the current Philly boss got out,he won a new trial and beat it [Joe Ligambi],they said the jury was shocked when they found out co-operating witness's like Tommy DelGiorno were paid 750,000 thousand dollars, at one point.There was nothing else to hold him in already getting time served for a gambling conviction.