MOBSTER GETS 20 YEARS FOR ECSTASY OPERATION

NEW YORK (AP) -- 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 multi-million-dollar Ecstasy ring in Arizona.

U.S. District Judge Allyne Ross departed from sentencing guidelines that
recommended no more than 15 1/2 years, saying the former underboss of the
Gambino crime family "has shown an utter lack of remorse."

Gravano, a 57-year-old notorious killer who had avoided hard time by
testifying against Mafia kingpins, did not speak during the hearing and
showed no reaction to the sentence.