Plenty of blood at 'Family Secrets' mob trial

CHICAGO (AP) ? Chicago?s biggest mob trial in years started Thursday with a prosecutor urging the jury to forget what they know about movie mobsters and see the now-elderly defendants for who they are: men who ?committed brutal crimes on behalf of the Chicago Outfit.?

?This is not ?The Sopranos.? This is not ?The Godfather.? These are real people, very corrupt and without honor,? Assistant U.S. Attorney John Scully told the jury.

As Scully described a blood-drenched litany of murders, he showed the jury large photos of the victims.

He talked about Tony ?The Ant? Spilotro, once the Chicago mob?s man in Las Vegas and the inspiration for Joe Pesci?s character in the movie ?Casino.? Spilotro and his brother were allegedly lured into a basement and beaten to death, then buried in an Indiana cornfield.

What do you think your "nickname" would be if YOU were in the mob?

I think of Vinnie "the chin" Vichenzo (sp?) ( He used to walk the streets in New York dressed in his bathrobe and hat) when I'm walking the dog dressed in my "casual wear"

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