This guy is as stand up as they come. A true gangster, you gotta love this guy.
He is doing hard time and standing up straight like a fuckin marine.

Co sign that cuz...

all true and deserves props, side note if vinny was still on the street ,he would have murdered plenty of guys..he was a ruthless guy..

He got sons in the life. Obviously he is not gonna rat and put them in danger or ruin their criminal careers. His friends in the mob probably look after the sons too.

His son Vinny is made supposedly

His sons are forreal. Steven and Vinnie especially.

Stephen is a cowboy but Vin is a lot more Machiavellian. He is just another version of his father. He looks exactly the same too LoL

Well said.

Yaeh rember the board was saying creas son wasnt made not even involved. We find out hes got a crew of guys killing dudes chasing down rats in new hampshire. Vinnys kids probaly a capo. Does anyone remember who vinnys acting underboss or consig was in his brief year as acting boss was it mike nose who they say is the official boss today.

Im sure that guy dominic who ript off his own grandmother for her house will say he was. But tuere was probaly 100 guys still on the street when vinny took over in 2004 atleast 80ty. Massino said he had the family at 150 guys around 2000.

https://www.google.it/amp/www.nydailynew...ticle-1.1107509



Who know now that are in Big Sandy if his pen pal Belinda can made jim a "conjugal" visit ?

Exactly!

Lol she looks doped up but not that bad. Plus if I'm doing life, I'd take all the female contact I could get.

The one violation he had was appointing himself boss while Big Joey was in the can. He gave his blessing on a hit without asking the boss.

I assume that is why he said, "I love you!" to Big Joey in the can......Massino stated he could have whacked him for this offense.

Otherwise, yes, he seems like the Scarfo type, take the oath, live the oath.

The best would be a female CO that made sex with inmates like in OZ series.

I can't rule it out but I'd have to be down a looooong fuckin time to bang CO Howell from Oz

Didnt massino testify there was a plot with the westside boss i think barney to remove vinny. I thinm massino said they asked him if he wanted the genivese family to take vinny out and massino said no.

This plot was in the federal lock up but who knows massino failed a few lie detector tests.

He also said barney told him sal vitale and john gotti sr plannd to whack him when he got out of prison in the early 90tys.

I gotta be honest when I see posts like this I start to lose faith is humanity lol. You are praising a criminal and a murderer for being " a stand up guy". No mater if a guy is a informant or not it doesn't matter...they are all scum IMO. Yes mob history interests me BUT I don't like any of these guys whether they are "stand up guys" or not.

I don't know if his sons are into the heavy shit, could be just a little pot dealing.

They're respected on the street by people that count. Why they have that respect would usually be because they did a little more than dealing smoke. But who knows. If they're into anything, they don't want it to be known because they are trying to stay off the radar aside from hitting the clubs and eating at the best spots. I mean they aren't throwing money around in VIP's but they are def living their lives. They're young guys so that's nothing that you or I don't or wouldn't do. They get a lot of love where they're from and the tristate in general Incan tell you that.

Lol JCrusher I lose faith in humanity time ago,anyway I'm just joking, Basciano is a criminal and get what he deserved but at 50 years get life and be loocked up 23 h a day in a small cell in a supermax prison without rat or try to kill you (more in Florence supermax tried suicide) isnt for everyone. I means that for me I would flip,no way but more important the fact that your life is finished with 2 life sentences, Basciano will be out only in a body bag.
At least he deserve a little bit of respect.

Don't you think it's different if the people that are killed are part of the same subculture and know what can happen if you break the rules? I mean it's not like they are serial killers who kill innocent people randomly, apart from a small percentage of guys like Tommy Karate maybe was. One of the guys Vinny killed was planning to hurt his sons so that is a valid reason in my book. I'm not trying to excuse all his acts and/or put him on a pedestal, but to me it's not all that black and white.

All his children grew up to be low life criminals and his wife was left destitute IIRC. He also planned the murder of a prosecutor.

The thing is he clearly had the tools to make a legitimate life for himself and his children, owning several businesses.

He chose to go another way and he is where he belongs.

Massino screwed him pretty good.

A lawyer for the Bonanno crime family’s imprisoned ex-boss is throwing the book at a pair of federal judges.

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/bona...ticle-1.3749482

Something has to be done with the laws, I think they don't overturn to many convictions because of pride

Basciano is doing his time like a real man. He choose a certain way of life, shit didn't work out and he is dealing with it. Like a fucking marine.

They all chose that way of life because they're to fuckin' lazy to work 4 a living..