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Al Capone was born in 1899 in Brooklyn in New York. He was born Alphonse Gabriel Capone. His parents Teresa Capone and Gabriele Capone were Italian immigrants. His father were a barber and his mother worked as a sewer. How could Gabriel Capone end up as a mobster (gangster) and a murderer? Where he got his "scareface" nickname from, how he got it? And what happened on Valentine's Day in 1929?

At the school he went to as a kid, he were a great student, but after some time he came in trouble at the school. It was at the age of 14 his school career ended. After the trouble on the school, he began to work in a bowling alley and at a candy store. It was at this time he got influenced by the gangster Johnny Torrio.

Through the years Al were with many gangs, but a gang called …show more content…

He wasn't one of them who shoot, but he was probably the one who ordered them. The case never got solved, and no one was ever put in jail for it. Actually Capone never got charged for murder, because he payed the police and he always took care of witnesses. The first time he got arrested was in May in 1929, for carrying a concealed weapon (a hided weapon, that were illegal) in Philadelphia, and he carried illegal, because he had to get the gun checked and get confirmed as a legal gun. (It was different rules in the different states, for carrying a weapon). He got feed for the crime.

In 1931 Capone was indicted for income tax fraud (not pay taxes for what you earn). Capone made a deal with the judge, the deal included that he only were gone sit in jail for two and a half years, but the judge didn't agreed in the deal. Then the case went to trail (the court). Capone was found guilty of five charges, this was three felonies (crimes) and two misdemeanours (smaller crimes or bad deed). Capone got sentenced to pay a fine of 50 thousands dollars, and he also was sentenced to 11 years in jail. No one had ever got sentenced to worst punishment for tax

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Capone was known for smuggling the liquor all the way to New York from Chicago. Getting away with crimes was easy for Capone because he would pay officials and officers and even threaten witnesses to his crimes (Biography.com

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Within 16 hours, they both had been sentenced to one year. Capone served his time and was released nine months later for good behavior. On February 28, 1931, Capone was found guilty in federal court on the contempt of court charge and was sentenced to six months in Cook County Jail. His appeal on that charge

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He murdered his first victim at twenty and in order to escape charges he fled to Chicago where he quickly found one of the most notorious gangs, 5 Points Gang. He with his charm, clever speaking skills, and obedience to the leader he quickly moved up the ranks until he was Johnny Torrito’s (the gang's leader) right hand man. Johnny however had to flee the country and Al took the opportunity naming himself leader. He quickly became the number one in bootleg operations of Chicago, while wiping out any rival providers. These rival gangs however were not pleased with Capone’s success and did all they could in attempts to wipe him out, among the attempts were poisoning and machine gun ambushes, none of which seemed to work.

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During the 1920’s gang related crime was a serious issue. The leader of all this violence and corruption was a man named Al “Scarface” Capone (“Al Capone”). This organized crime, dehumanization, and corruption, became the ultimate image of Chicago for people throughout the world. He was largely immersed in things like gambling, prostitution, and the illegal sale of liquor. He was not convicted for any of his crimes, even the St. Valentine's Day massacre of 1929, until he was imprisoned for tax evasion (Horan).

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Capone was smart about how he appeared in the public and in media he always wore suits and pulled it off by acting like a respectable businessman. Capone had a secret bootlegging trail from Chicago to New York. This trail made Capone more money than he ever dreamed of. But during a one of the bootlegging runs McSwiggen got shot and killed by one of Capone’s henchmen. Nobody got convicted due to lack of evidence.

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Al capone did not only do violent crimes but he helped the people around him by setting up a soup kittchen during depression and a city wide program to give free milk to schools kids. In 1939 he was found guilty of tax evasion and was jailed for eight years. while in jail prohibiton ended and grew ill from syphilis. Al capone was released in 1939 and moved to florida. On january 25, 1947 Al capone died.

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At the age of five Capone had enrolled in public school. The school was a very poor one with a prejudiced school system. The school did little to nothing to encourage Capone and the other students to get a higher education. Al Capone excelled in all his classes until

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In the police investigation Capone’s name was being mentioned quite a bit. There was over 160 empty machine gun shells on the floor of where the men died. Moran remained alive taken away by raiders. The first two men with the police uniforms had sub-machine guns while the other two men who were in street clothes had sawed off shotguns. After shooting the seven men, the four shooters got into their stolen squad car and their fifth man drove off with them into traffic.

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With years of being cautious, Al Capone slipped up. The investigator found a cash receipt ledger that indicated the industry’s net profits for a gambling house in Capone’s name and a record of his income. According to The New York Times, it stated, “On October 17, 1931, he was indicted for income tax evasion (Learning Network, 2011). Believing he was going to receive a plea bargain, Capone plead guilty. However, the government was not going to show any mercy.

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Another aspect of organized crime is the persecution of those crimes and how the public reacted. Many of the major leaders of these families such as Al Capone for the Italian mafia in Chicago and Salvatore “Lucky Luciano” Lucania who was used as an example for all crime under the political watch of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Both men, however, were able to prosper under the reign of previous politicians because these particular politicians were either payed off or simply did not care about the crimes of mobsters. For example, Al Capone was not arrested and tried until 1931 for federal tax evasion and Luciano in 1936 for several counts of prostitution (Charles ('Lucky') Luciano 13).

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