Vincent Basciano,
August 2, 2010: Vinny Gorgeous wants the skinny on Joseph Barone: Vincent Basciano, as part of his defense to the upcoming death penalty trial, is asking for any information on reputed Genovese crime family associate Joseph S. Barone, who last week got a mistrial and acquittal in a Manhattan federal trial. Seems as though Barone had been a self described informant for the feds for about 18 years, giving info to various branches of the government. As a result, Barone invoked a unique “public authority” defense, which essentially holds that he was acting as an agent of the government and hence couldn’t commit crimes.
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