Ex-Mob Boss Gets Out of Prison Years Early

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Salvatore "Sammy the Bull" Gravano, a notorious Mafia hit man who ended up ratting out his fellow mobsters in exchange for a plea deal, is done with his second stint in prison years early. Per court records, Gravano, 72, was released in Arizona Sept. 18, the New York Post reports. 

He'll be on federal parole the rest of his life. Gravano was an underboss and consigliere with the Gambino crime family when he turned rat in 1991—at the time, the highest-ranking mafia member to become a turncoat—helping authorities nab John Gotti and 38 other mobsters. In exchange, he was sentenced to his first stay in prison, just five years for 19 murders.

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