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How Did Al Capon Corrupt

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Wei Lun Tan
Humanity 202
Al Capone and Corruption The Prohibition Era during the 1920’s was the breeding ground for one of the notorious criminals in America, Al Capone. Capone’s golden age in Chicago lasted from 1925 until 1931 while he was involved with the bootlegging of liquor and other gang violence. With different methods, Capone succeeded in forging the city of Chicago into a lawless playground for himself. Al Capone made profit in different businesses such as bootlegging, gambling, prostitution, racketeering, and murder. The key factor for the success of Capone’s illegal businesses is how well Capone was able to manipulate politicians and other public figures with corruption. Al Capone was not a native to the city of Chicago. In …show more content…

Mellon had to gather enough evidence to prosecute Capone for Prohibition violence. After gathering enough evidence, the Treasury agents had to work with the U.S. Attorney to start prosecution of Capone and other gang members (Bradsley 20). On March 17, 1929, Capone was arrested in Philadelphia for carrying concealed weapons, and was prisoned until March 17, 1930. In 1931, the Internal Revenue Service’s Intelligence completed the investigation on Capone and began to trial him. The prosecution for Capone began in the early spring of 1931. A summary report from 1933 by agent Frank J. Wilson indicated that Capone had an income of $1,055,375 from 1924 to 1929 and it should be taxed and penalized with the amount of $383,705. On October 17, 1931, the jury discussed for nine hours and found Capone guilty and gave Capone his final sentence on the following Saturday (Bradsley 26). Capone was then sentenced to jail for 11 …show more content…

Capone spent the remaining of his sentence in the jail hospital. He suffered from loss of mental health, and Capone was later paroled on November 16, 1939. After his release, Capone spent the remaining of his life in his Palm Island palace, and died from a heart attack on January 25, 1947. The most notorious criminal began his journey from Brooklyn, and dominated Cicero and Chicago with corruption until 1931 draws his curtain from history with an intelligence quotient close to a child.

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