NEW YORK – Convicted mob boss John "Sonny" Franzese is so old, he knew Frank Sinatra in his heyday. He's so old, his recent extortion trial became nap time — even when his turncoat son took the witness stand against him.
Franzese also is so old that, if federal prosecutors have their way, he's almost certain to die behind bars.
To the dismay of supporters who insist the frail 93-year-old is a decrepit shadow of his former self, the government has asked a judge in federal court in Brooklyn to sentence him Friday to 12 years or more in prison.
The reputed underboss of the Colombo organized crime family remains a remorseless mobster who deserves no mercy, "having denied so many of his victims the opportunity to live out their lives safely and securely with their families," prosecutors wrote in a sentencing memo.
The defense says Franzese, who suffers from an array of ailments, should be allowed to "live out the remaining few years or months with his family."
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4 comments:
Of course the defense says he should get a free pass. That's what they're hired to do.
He should do the time, even if he dies while doing it. He chose a life of crime (murder, drugs, extortion, etc.) knowing full well that this moment might come. It arrived a little late, but the stakes didn't change along the way.
Old men like that are put in those positions to be the fall guys. It's been like that for decades. You have an old guy, who's not a worker or earner in a figurehead position. It's that simple.
@11:05am Exactly!
His son is a rat. Clearly he didn't learn anything from his father.
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