![]() ![]() ![]() Mob killer Vincent 'Vinny Gorgeous' Basciano uses family snaps in mercy plea to avoid death penalty. By. Daily Mail Reporter. Updated. 0. 0: 4. GMT, 2 June 2. 01. A convicted mob boss and killer who ordered hits on those who showed him the slightest hint of disrespect breathed a sigh of relief as he dodged the death penalty. The combative, fashion- conscious mobster Don Vincent 'Vinny Gorgeous' Basciano, who is. Wednesday. for ordering a gangland hit while taking control of a once- fearsome. In a bid to sway a jury out of issuing the death sentence, the hard man had turned to a series of family photographs to try and soften his tough guy image. Family guy? Vinny Basciano is seen here with a former wife and his two children. He gave the courts photos in attempt to paint himself as a family man. The family snaps, all on display in a Brooklyn Federal court, showed the 'ruthless' crime lord in a range of family and childhood poses. ![]() An anonymous jury deliberated less than two hours in federal court in. Brooklyn before reaching the decision on the penalty in the trial. Basciano. The jury, which gave him a life. Bonanno crime family. The defendant has earned the ultimate. Happier times: A young Basciano 'mugs up' for the camera - years before he became the fearsome crime lord. The death penalty trial of convicted mob boss Vincent Basciano, aka Vinnie Gorgeous, who was already serving a life sentence, resulted in no death. 2006, Basciano was convicted in a racketeering trial for running illegal gambling and attempted murder. Defence attorney Richard Jasper argued the former owner of the Hello. Gorgeous hair salon would pose no threat if imprisoned with other. Florence, Colo., 'the biggest, baddest house in the federal system,'. He urged jurors to follow their consciences and 'suspend the work of. Vincent Basciano dies in a federal prison by himself — in. God's time, not man's.'. The jury indicated on its verdict sheet that it didn't buy prosecutors'. Basciano posed a future threat. It also said its decision. District Judge Nicholas Garaufis' approval to. Basciano was already serving a life sentence for an attempted murder conviction in 2. Randolph Pizzolo in May. Basciano (left) pulls faces in this candid shot. He was also found guilty of conspiracy to commit murder, murder. Pizzolo who ran afoul of the Bonanno organised crime. Among. today's pictures one shot the jailed gangster is seen holding his two. But. despite the apparent family poses, Basciano still looks every inch the. The Basciano case was only the second time in 3. ![]() Vincent John Basciano. 2006, Basciano was convicted in a racketeering trial for running illegal gambling and attempted murder. Joseph Massino, the former Bonanno boss who now plays for Team America, remains on the witness stand at the racketeering trial against the family's reputed current. Vincent Basciano Trail Update. Trial Update: Vincent Basciano Speaks. Vinny (Gorgeous) Basciano trial: mobsters cough up serious cash for wedding gifts for gangster's son. Vinny Gorgeous Avoids Death Penalty. Vincent 'Vinny Gorgeous' Basciano was. Other pictures show a childhood. Basciano pulling face for the camera, in an apparent bid to show a. Relaxed: A laid back Basciano leans back with a female friend. As well as deploying the family pictures, Basciano's first cousin Steven Di. Carmine spoke for the mobster in court. He described Basciano as a family man who would always help those in need. Di. Carmine. described how Basciano had come to the aid of a female cousin who was. According to him, Basciano bought the girl a house and lent her money to tie her over. In order for the death penalty to be passed, the jury had to reach a unanimous decision, which it did not. Doting: Despite the desperate plea for clemency, the pictures and testimony might not be enough to spare Basciano a cell on death row. The trial that put Basciano away involved the highest member of a New York crime family ever to testify against his own. There is no longer a state death penalty charge in New York but the. Feds were seeking the death penalty under the murder in aid of. In the May trial, Joseph Massino testified that Basciano gave the order to kill. Randolph Pizzolo, a Bonanno associate who was gunned down in 2. Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Assistant US Attorney Stephen Frank told the jury at Brooklyn federal.
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