MEMORANDUM & ORDER On November 5, 1992, a jury convicted Defendant Vincent Giattino on eight counts: racketeering, conspiring to commit two murders subject to the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (“RICO”), 18 U.S.C §1961 et seq., committing two RICO murders, conspiring to distribute cocaine, distributing cocaine, and using a firearm with a silencer, (J. of Conviction 1, Docket Entry No. 270; Presentence Investigation Report (“PSR”) 4-5, Docket Entry No. 716). On February 26, 1993, Judge Reena Raggi sentenced Giattino to five concurrent life sentences, two ten-year terms of imprisonment to run concurrent with the life sentences, and one thirty-year term to run consecutive to the other counts to be followed by five years of supervised release, and ordered Giattino to pay a $200,000 fine, (J. of Conviction 2-3, 5; Sent’g Hr’g Tr. dated Feb. 26, 1993 (“Sent’g Tr.”) 73:15-74:7, 74:21-23, Docket Entry Nos. 295, 710). On November 25, 2022, Giattino filed a third motion for compassionate release, seeking a reduction of his life sentence to thirty-five years.1 In support, Giattino argues that in a recent decision by Judge Frederic Block of the Eastern District of New York, the life sentences for two other defendants were reduced to thirty-five years, and that his should be similarly reduced. (Def.’s Mot. 1-5.) Giattino also argues that the totality of his circumstances point to the existence of extraordinary and compelling reasons for a reduction in his sentence and that a reduction in his sentence would be consistent with the purposes and objectives of 18 U.S.C. §3553(a). (Id. at 5-9.) For the reasons discussed below, the Court denies Giattino’s renewed motion for compassionate release. I. Background a. Investigation, conviction, and sentencing Between 1986 and 1987, Giattino “negotiated to sell half a kilogram net weight of marijuana” and “distributed an approximate combined total amount of 181 grams net weight of cocaine.” (PSR 17.) “In addition to trafficking in narcotics,” in September of 1987 and August of 1988 respectively, Giattino “took part in the murders of Phyllis Burdi and Wilfred ‘Willie Boy’ Johnson” under the direction of a higher-ranking authority in the Bonnano Crime Family (the “BCF”), a major organized criminal association. (Id.
16, 18-20.) On July 29, 1991, agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation arrested Giattino in Miami, Florida, and found him in possession of false identification documents with the name John Robert Ianniello. (Id. 22.) On November 5, 1992, a jury convicted Giattino on eight counts: racketeering, conspiring to commit two RICO murders, committing two RICO murders, conspiring to distribute cocaine, distributing cocaine, and using a firearm with a silencer. (Id.
