GRAVANO GETS 20 YEARS FOR RUNNING ECSTASY RING

Salvatore "Sammy the Bull" Gravano, the mob turncoat who put John Gotti
away, was sentenced to the maximum 20 years in prison Friday for running a
multimillion-dollar ecstasy ring in Arizona. U.S. District Judge Allyne
Ross said the former underboss of the Gambino crime family "has shown an
utter lack of remorse." Mr. Gravano, a 57-year-old notorious killer, had
avoided hard time by testifying against Mafia kingpins. Prosecutors charged
that after dropping out of witness protection in 1997, Mr. Gravano formed a
syndicate with his son, Gerard, to buy ecstasy in New York and sell it in
Arizona.