Talk:Gianni Russo

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[edit] Requesting semi-protection

It looks like this page has been vandalized repeatedly. As it's not particularly high-profile, I think the best thing to do is request semi-protection. Dkostic 08:46, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

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This article is largely unsourced and, bluntly, highly suspect. Let's just take one paragraph:

On Oct. 30, 1988, Russo shot and killed a man who had gone on a violent rampage in Russo's State Street Club in Las Vegas, according to "Supermob." After the intervention of Los Angeles-based mob lawyer Sidney Korshak and criminal defense attorney Robert Shapiro, no charges were filed as prosecutors labeled the incident "justifiable homicide." When the verdict of not guilty was handed down in court, Gianni fled the country to Miami and later to Sicily when the victim's family arranged his murder with a contract killer. After he fled the country he lost his casino but still owned several butcher shops and diamond exporting retailers in New York City which earned him a good income. Russo is also an accomplished singer and in 2004 he released a CD called Reflections that pays homage to Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra.

In one sentence, the paragraph says that "no charges were filed." In the very next sentence, the article contradicts itself by saying that a verdict was handed down. Under the U.S. legal system, when no charges are filed, there is no trial. If there is no trial, then there is no jury and no verdict.

The whole article looks suspect. Famspear (talk) 16:38, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

OK, I have now added sourcing where I could find it. I deleted the unsourced, self-contradictory material in the above-referenced paragraph. I left the part about the CD (Reflections), as that appears to be true. Famspear (talk) 16:52, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

PS: Some of the material may be found in the New York Times article. Once I finish the article, some of the deleted material can be corrected and added back (maybe). Famspear (talk) 17:04, 26 March 2008 (UTC)