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AIDS Patient Released from Jail
Loaded on Sept. 15, 1993
published in Prison Legal News
September, 1993, page 2
Gregory Scarpa is a pretrial detainee with full-blown AIDS. He is an alleged mafia captain awaiting trial on charges of racketeering, various murders, murder conspiracies, etc. While on bail previously he was involved in a shoot out and, according to the government, continued his loan sharking activities.The court granted ...
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