Raymond received a sentence that will keep him in prison for the rest of his life.

Samuel received decades.

Christopher, who cooperated fully and surrendered access to an eighteen-million-dollar account tied to his father’s deals, received a reduced sentence — but still years in federal prison, which is exactly where a man who did what he did belongs, cooperation or not.

On the morning Christopher was transferred to the federal facility, Diane called me one last time to ask whether I would come to say goodbye.

“No,” I said.