Originally Posted by jdog View Post
One of Lemons' co-conspirators only got probation... how the hell do you get probation for conspiracy to commit murder??
https://lasvegassun.com/news/1999/se...or-hire-case//

Apparently they wanted this Bruno instead, he got 10 years:
https://lasvegassun.com/news/1999/de...mer-gets-10-y/

I mean yeah the owners lost their business, gaming license and got a big fine. But seems pretty light considering they murdered someone over it and only one guy, out of everyone involved, got significant prison time.
I would guess he got probation for being a cooperating witness.

The murder issue is separate from what redietz was suggesting though. If you murder all the witnesses to a crime and they don't get you on the murder, you can get away with anything.

In fact without bothering to dig into the story I'd say the fact that they had the guy killed suggests they were facing serious charges for the gaming offense.