City Room: Mafia Killer Is Sentenced To Time Served

By WILLIAM K. RASHBAUM, New York Times
Fri, 10/29/2010 - 2:04pm

Salvatore Vitale, the underboss who pleaded guilty to 11 murders, likely will enter the witness protection program.

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