Michael F. Leone; Ordered ‘Lucky’ Luciano’s Deportation
Michael F. Leone, 85, retired federal immigration judge who ordered the deportation of “Lucky” Luciano and other East Coast organized crime figures in 1952-53. Educated at Rutgers University and Fordham University School of Law, the Italian-American judge sat in Los Angeles but was transferred to the New York court for the Luciano hearing to avoid any claims of discrimination against Italian-Americans. In La Jolla on Wednesday after a two-year coma.
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