Sheik Abdel-Rahman
a former resident of New York City, is currently serving a life sentence at the Butner Medical Center in the Federal Correctional Institution in Butner, North Carolina. On October 1, 1995, Abdel-Rahman and nine others were convicted by a New York jury of 48 charges related to the New York City landmark bomb plot. In 1996, he was sentenced to life in prison.
John Rigas
Rigas, the founder of cable TV operator Adelphia Communications Inc., was convicted of bank, wire, and securities fraud in 2004 and sentenced in June 2005. Prosecutors said Rigas and his family mixed company funds with their personal finances and borrowed more than $2 billion from the company, leading to its bankruptcy.
Carmine “Junior” Persico
Carmine John Persico, Jr. (born August 8, 1933 Brooklyn) also known as “Junior”, “The Snake” and “Immortal”, has been the Boss of the Colombo crime family since the beginning of the 1970s. Persico is currently serving life imprisonment for murder and racketeering charges.
Jonathan Jay Pollard
A former United States Naval civilian intelligence analyst who was convicted of spying for Israel. Pollard waived the right to trial as part of a plea deal for himself and his wife, pleaded guilty and was convicted on one count of spying for Israel. He received a life sentence in 1987 with a recommendation against parole. He was incarcerated at the federal penitentiary in Marion, Illinois in solitary confinement for seven years, then transferred to Butner Federal Correctional Institution in North Carolina. Israel granted Pollard citizenship in 1995 but publicly denied that he was an Israeli spy until 1998.[1] Israel now actively lobbies for his release.
Richard J. Schneiderham
A former Massachusetts State Police Lieutenant in the Attorney General's "Detective Unit" who was incarcerated in a federal penitentiary for racketeering and obstruction of justice convictions stemming from his relationship with Stephen Flemmi and the Winter Hill Gang.
