Sammy "The Bull" Gravano's Deal of a Lifetime

Sammy "The Bull" Gravano was in a monumental mess. He was locked up in a holding cell at the Manhattan Criminal Courts Building(MCC) awaiting his trial on murder and racketeering charges. He had been arrested along with his boss, John Gotti, in December of 1990, when FBI agents stormed the Ravenite Social Club in New York's Little Italy, a favored hangout and base of operations for Gotti and Gravano, boss and underboss of the Gambino Crime Family, the most powerful and influential of New York's fabled Italian organized crime families. Gravano, a shrewd, cunning, and reserved gangster, he had made a career out of avoiding and evading law enforcement scrutiny and detection. Unlike his boss, the flamboyant and attention seeking John Gotti, Gravano believed in the old school mafia code that silence and stealth are the keys by which a successful mobster operates. And, up until that fateful December night, Gravano had been a successful mobster; he had never been convicted of any serious crime, he had never spent any lengthy time in prison, and he was rich beyond his wildest dreams! But that night when the FBI barged into the Ravenite and shackled Gotti and Gravano, Gravano's good luck streak came to an abrupt end.