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Antonino Joseph Accardo

 

Charge:

Tax Evasion (including income tax evasion)

Sentence:

6 years

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

1960

Year Convicted:

Year Cleared:

1962

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Illinois - Federal Case

County or Region of Crime:

Cook

City of Crime:

Chicago

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

"Antonino Joseph Accardo was wrongly convicted on November 11, 1960 of federal income tax evasion. Accardo was sentenced to six years in prison. "

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Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"Tony Accardo; Reputed Chicago Mob Boss, By Psyche Pascual (Times staff writer) and Associated Press, Los Angeles Times, May 28, 1992"

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http://articles.latimes.com/1992-05-28/news/mn-287_1_reputed-chicago-mob-boss

Information Source 2:

"Accardo Fights Conviction, By Associated Press, The Daily Illini, November 17, 1960, p. 10"

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