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0 pointsoh_sigh7y ago0 comments

Agreed. I also never understood why Al Capone has such a bad stigma when he was really just a run of the mill tax evader.

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jwc17y ago

I think there's a great deal of evidence to suggest Capone was more than a run of the mill tax evader even though all they nailed him for was tax evasion.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Capone#Saint_Valentine's_Da...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Outfit#Al_Capone's_emp...

oh_sighOP7y ago

I was referring to this part of the post:

> his character never having been charged and convicted of any crime.

Or is the idea that if you are charged for shoplifting it is okay to spread the idea that you are a murderer?

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