one of his partners commits suicide during interrogation, and his cousin in the mafia, who saves his life on one occasion and warns him of a contract on his life at another point, winds up dead. while confessing three crimes he committed in the 11 years he worked for the siu, danny perjures himself by denying the many other offenses he and his partners have committed. despite repeated professions of loyalty, he finally gives up all of his partners, one of whom shoots himself as a result of this betrayal. most of the others turn against him. in the end, the chief government prosecutor decides not to prosecute ciello and he returns to work as an instructor at the police academy.