Mob jury reaches partial verdict on slayings

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Source: Chicago Tribune

Mob jury reaches partial verdict on slayings
By Jeff Coen | Tribune staff reporter

UPDATE: A federal jury in Chicago this afternoon found that three reputed Outfit figures were responsible for 10 gangland slayings at the heart of the Family Secrets mob conspiracy trial, but the panel deadlocked on eight other murders. Details to come.

The federal jury in the landmark Family Secrets mob trial has reached a partial verdict this afternoon but told the court that it is deadlocked on some of the 18 gangland slayings at the heart of the prosecution, court officials said.

U.S. District Judge James Zagel said he hasn't been told how many or which of the murders the jury has reached a unanimous decision on.



Zagel asked that the four defendants—Outfit figures James Marcello, Joey "the Clown" Lombardo, Frank Calabrese Sr. and Paul "the Indian" Schiro—be brought to court this afternoon to confer with their attorneys.


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