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Trial against Badalamenti and his allies took 17 months. During it Badalamentis and Catalanos testified against each other and. On [[June 22]] [[1987]] Badalamenti was convicted only of money laundering but sentenced to 45 years in prison and fines worth $125.000. Only his son [[Vito Badalamenti]] was released.
 
In 2002, an Italian court convicted him of the [[1978]] murder of communist activist radio broadcaster [[PepinoPeppino Impastato]] [[in absentia]] and sentenced him for a life in prison. In 2002 he was acquitted of the [[1979]] murder of Italian journalist [[Mino Pecorelli]]; in this case, Italian ex-prime minister [[Giulio Andreotti]] was also in trial.
 
Gaetano Badalamenti died of [[cardiac arrest]].