Al Capone avoids imprisonment

Capone was born in New York, so there was no chance of deportation. Had he survived into the fifties, antibiotics could have cured his VD, but the damage could not have been reversed. Given his deteriorating condition when he went to prison, he would never return to his Prohibition liquor Mafia heydays.

Even in the early 1920's Salvarsan would probably have prevented the damage. But Capone didn't get himself treated, perhaps being unwilling to admit to himself or to his wife Mae that he had contracted the disease, perhaps just hoping that--like its early symptoms--it would just go away. https://books.google.com/books?id=I48z-9NgqAoC&pg=PA17
 
Definitely agree. There was a dem senator who tried to block RICO from getting into law, but they did a rather arcane end-run around him that let them slip it into the final crime bill being passed. I don't think they would have done that to their colleague without pressure from someone other than Professor Blakey.

If I were the Commission and wanted to get into corporate money, I'd offer the carrot before I offered the stick. Entry would be investing ill-gotten cash into mid-large sized corps to make connections. Then wine and dine them, offer help with setting up tame unions or breaking them, even help getting some very dirty, very bloody overseas business done. It's got a high initial outlay for the dons, but if they could do it they'd have an entree into the real corridors of power in America.

This should have been the Godfather 3 movie, Don Corleone in the halls of power, he could become a senator. (If he used his power 'correctly')
 
So what happens if Al Capone pays his tax or is found innocent of his Tax Evasion charges and remains in charge of Chicago?
He likely wouldn't or at least not for too long. IIRC Capone had already grown tired of the business and would have liked to retire to Florida as he was planning, best guess he turns over operations to Frank Nitti and takes his leave of Chicago.
 
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