Et Cetera

These days the Mafia needs a p.r. effort greater than even Martin Scorsese can muster. Vittorio Amuso, head of the New York City-based Lucchese crime family, was convicted last week on 54 counts of murder and racketeering. Two days later, a federal judge in Boston sentenced Raymond Patriarca, former head of the eponymous New England Mob ring, to an eight-year prison term. But the grief doesn't end there. Scheduled for sentencing this week is glamour don John Gotti.