Contracts on Rudy. by Barbie Kunkelova

(Rudy) Rudolph William Louis Giuliani (now 63 years old) is an American lawyer, politician and businessman. He is the 107th mayor of New York State since 1994. Currently he is preparing for running in the presidential election of 2008. He is a liberal Republican and used to serve (in 1970-1975) as an attorney for the U.S. Attorney’s office for the Southern District of New York (attorneys responsible for solving civil and criminal cases in the Manhattan, Bronx, Westchester, Putnam, Rockland, Orange, Dutchess and Sullivan counties). His father was a criminal, convicted once for a felony assault and robbery. Rudy himself was slightly differently oriented; he even considered becoming a priest after attending a Catholic school and the Manhattan College (majoring in philosophy and political science). However, three years later he was on a completely different track â€" he graduated with a Juris Doctor. He became famous after prosecuting many of the toughest high-profile cases (4,152 convictions, according to Wikipedia). He was famous for his mob-busting practices, for the effort to jail all drug dealers, combat organized crime and for fighting against mafia families. This attitude brought a little trouble into his life. In year 1986, the Mafia Commission Trial took place. It was Rudy who indicted eleven members of the "Five Families". Eight of them were found guilty of all charges and sentenced to hundreds of years in jail. After this successful step, the leaders of two of the Five Families were planning a hit on Rudy, but were over voted by the other three. Recently there has been another “plan”, but it was quickly resolved by FBI. Rudy himself isn’t too worried about his life, no matter what value the mafia puts on his head.

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by Barbie Kunkelova for PocketNews (http://pocketnews.tv)

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