The gansta life exposed: father blames police

Twin half brothers of killed teen Ramarley Graham thrown in jail for conspiracy to possess guns

Identical twins Hodean and Kadean Graham -- half brothers to Ramarley Graham, the 18-year-old shot by a cop in the Bronx who wrongly thought he had a gun -- were thrown in jail without bail today after each was convicted in Manhattan Supreme Court of conspiracy to possess guns.

The 19-year-old brothers were jailed pending sentencing despite their acquittals by the same jury of far more serious gun possession charges and, in the case of Hodean, attempted murder, leading family members to complain that the real conspiracy was of the authorities against their family.

"It's like they took three of my kids in one year," the three teens' father, Franclot Graham, said after court.

"It's like they're killing my son again."

The brothers -- who prosecutors said call themselves The Gotti Twins -- came to court identically dressed each day of the six-week trial.

Prosecutors touted the verdict as the 14th and 15th convictions of a violent, armed street gang that terrorized 129th Street between Lenox and Fifth Avenues.

"This violent street gang was as young as it was dangerous, its members having been involved in multiple shootings over a four-year period in a concentrated area of central Harlem," Manhattan DA Cyrus Vance, Jr., said in a written statement.

Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Edward McLaughlin decided on remand after hearing arguments by defense lawyers Frank Rothman and Neville Mitchell that the brothers had a courtroom full of family and friends present, had a perfect trial attendance record, and faced as little as probation at sentencing.

"When guns are involved, you can expect the unexpected," the judge said.

The twins, who were among 19 defendants in the so-called "Goodfellas" gang in central Harlem, face up to 1 and 1/3 years to four years prison when sentenced July 3.