 Federal prosecutors toiled for years to build a case strong enough to cut off the head of a notorious white-supremacist prison gang and end its 40-year reign over the federal and state prison systems. On Friday, the government saw the fruits of its labor: a sweeping verdict that convicted four top Aryan Brotherhood leaders of murder, conspiracy and racketeering and made two of the defendants eligible for the death penalty. Yet, as prosecutors celebrated, legal analysts and prison gang experts questioned whether the government’s near-complete victory will translate into the eventual demise of the brotherhood and a reduction in prison violence. “It was very successful and I think that they will use the racketeering charge again,” said Laurie Levenson, a professor at Loyola Law School and a former federal prosecutor who has tried prison murder cases. “But the truth is, this (gang) is like a hydra — you cut off a limb and it’s going to grow back,” ...
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