A little more tea
Karen Gravano Questions Her Family’s Sentencing Experience
Karen Gravano
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"The justice system is so unbalanced." Karen Gravano tells Ellie why her family’s different cases shaped her view of sentencing. She describes the charge she faced in a drug transaction and the prison time her family was facing. What questions does her account raise for you?
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Even you know my father's case everyone says "Oh well he gave up John Gotti and he got 6 years in prison." That that is the truth right Yeah But reality is is- Which is actually a bit fucked up right He gets 6 years in prison for you know 19 murders Mm-hmm But then there's more time in prison for ecstasy Right yeah Like that is backwards And I'm I'm not sitting here you know even with my father because me personally have seen so much that goes on with the justice system They were so embarrassed that we made headlines again so they went after him and been like "This is all you." They made us take pleas that made him the ringleader But with him it kinda impacted it and it's like my brother's facing 45 years Like I'm on uh my my- my charge is illegal use of an electronic communication in a drug transaction I'm like- I know "But what is that?" Like you think- What a cellphone That that's And they're telling me "You're gonna face 10 years." And I'm like "What?" Like "What what did I do?" Shit what would you have done if you would like got 10 years first of all I don't wanna say let go 'cause everyone's like "Oh well- Yeah you made your father take the charges." Yeah but I was being charged with talking on a cellphone right And I'm like "This is crazy." So that's what I'm saying the justice system is so unbalanced





