Pubdate: Sat, 07 Sep 2002 Source: Deseret News (UT) Copyright: 2002 Deseret News Publishing Corp. Contact: http://www.desnews.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/124 Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/mdma.htm (Ecstasy) 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. - --- MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom