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The Death of a Mafia Hit Man

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By Michael Cannell
| CrimeReads Verified
Joey Testa, one of the most prolific killers in Mafia history, died of cancer last month at the age 71, two years after his release from Terminal Island, a federal prison in Los Angeles. Article continues after advertisement Testa’s murderous career seems almost too lurid for real life.
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By Michael Cannell, Jason Schott
| Brooklyn Digest
Blood and the Badge: The Mafia, Two Killer Cops, and a Scandal That Shocked the Nation By Michael Cannell Minotaur Books; hardcover, 368 pages; $30.00 Michael Cannell is a former editor at the New York Times, has contributed to The New Yorker and other publications, and is the author of the critically acclaimed A Brotherhood Betrayed: The Man Behind the Rise and Fall of Murder Inc., and three other works of nonfiction.
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Luigi Mangione, George Metesky, and a Tradition of Anti-Corporate Violence

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By Michael Cannell
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Luigi Mangione, the man charged with murdering UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in Midtown Manhattan last month, who currently awaits trial at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, was not the anomalous actor press accounts have made him out to be. Article continues after advertisement On the contrary, he fits the mold of a recurring type of violent anti-corporate missionary dating back at least to the middle of the last century.
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