Original sentence: Gotti was tried three times for racketeering and conspiracy; each resulted in mistrial, the last in 2006.He escaped conviction three times in Manhattan on racketeering charges linked to an alleged plot to kidnap Curtis Sliwa, the founder of Guardian Angels.Sliwa, a popular radio talk show host, had angered the Gotti Family by denouncing the Gotti as "Public Enemy Number One".The charges stemmed from an alleged drug trafficking ring Gotti operated along with former associate turned informant John Alite and others in Queens, NY, and with the murders of two men associated with the ring
Edited sentence: A radio talk show host for WABC, Sliwa had allegedly angered the family by denouncing the elder Gotti as "Public Enemy #1" on his show.During the trial, two former associates, Michael DiLeonardo and Joseph D'Angelo testified against Gotti.In 2004, before he was released from prison, Gotti was charged in an 11-count racketeering charge which included an alleged plot to kidnap Curtis Sliwa, founder of the Guardian Angels, as well as securities fraud, extortion and loansharking.The charges stemmed from an alleged drug trafficking ring Gotti operated along with former associate-turned informant John Alite and others, and with the murders of two men associated with the ring.Three juries eventually deadlocked on the charges, the last in 2006, and federal prosecutors decided not to pursue a fourth trial.Through his attorney, Gotti admitted that he had been involved in the Gambino Crime Family in the 1990s, and had even been slated to lead the organization after his father was sent to jail in 1992, but claimed he had left criminal life behind after his conviction in 1999