[tacticalogic]

Ooops. There I go again. Accusing people of a crime.

Well, you're not in court so there can't won't be any consequences if you're wrong, will there?

[Rockingham]

I'll give you the specifics. The mobster was Harlan Blackburn. He ran bolita and conducted other criminal activities in Florida under Santo Trafficante. One of the shrewdest criminal minds of era, Trafficante was unusually skilled at corrupting law enforcement and politicians, penetrating legitimate businesses, and getting to juries.

The federal prosecutors presented an open and shut drug trafficking case against Blackburn -- informants, audio bugs and wiretaps, extensive surveillance by agents -- the works. When the jury retired for deliberations, one juror said to wake her when they were ready to acquit, leaned forward, put her head on a coast bundled into a makeshift pillow, closed her eyes, and went to sleep. The result was a hung jury.

After much additional effort, Blackburn was eventually convicted.