Sonny Franzese

[Dr031718]

Interesting article on Sonny Franzese

https://www.newsday.com/long-island/inv ... 1.29009986

[SluggerBrawler]

Damn, I got worried thinking he had passed away.

[eboli]

Fantastic article. “I never hurt nobody that was innocent.” reminded me of Clay Alison's epitaph “never killed a man that did not need killing.”

[Wiseguy]

Good article. The guy is definitely part of a dying breed.

[Etna]

Made in 1931?! Wow...talk about "last if the moheegans" as Victoria Gotti put it....this guy is it!

[slimshady_007]

Thanks for postin. Looks like sonny basically beat the feds and now gets to ride off into the sunset.

[Frank]

Great article about Franzese. Seems to be very sharp minded, still.

[bert]

Thanks for postin. Looks like sonny basically beat the feds and now gets to ride off into the sunset.

He spent close to 50 years in prison, and got out after he was 100 after being sent back at age 97, I don't see how he beat the feds.

[bert]

Guy has an ego

"Asked if he knew Frank Sinatra, Franzese replied: “You asked the question the wrong way. You should have asked, ‘Did Frank Sinatra know Sonny Franzese?’”

[Dwalin2014]

Made in 1931?! Wow...talk about "last if the moheegans" as Victoria Gotti put it....this guy is it!

If he was born in 1917, how could he be made in 1931, he was just 14?

Thanks for postin. Looks like sonny basically beat the feds and now gets to ride off into the sunset.

He spent close to 50 years in prison, and got out after he was 100 after being sent back at age 97, I don't see how he beat the feds.

I think I read he only served several years of the robbery conviction, not the whole 50 years, and was briefly sent back several times for parole violations.

[bert]

Made in 1931?! Wow...talk about "last if the moheegans" as Victoria Gotti put it....this guy is it!

If he was born in 1917, how could he be made in 1931, he was just 14?

Thanks for postin. Looks like sonny basically beat the feds and now gets to ride off into the sunset.

He spent close to 50 years in prison, and got out after he was 100 after being sent back at age 97, I don't see how he beat the feds.

I think I read he only served several years of the robbery conviction, not the whole 50 years, and was briefly sent back several times for parole violations.

It was more like 35 years for the banks he never was involved in robbing, and 8 for the last conviction at age 93.

[Dwalin2014]

It was more like 35 years for the banks he never was involved in robbing, and 8 for the last conviction at age 93.

https://allthatsinteresting.com/john-franzese

Here it says he served 11 years before being released on parole (1967-1978) and then from 1982 to 1984.

[bert]

It was more like 35 years for the banks he never was involved in robbing, and 8 for the last conviction at age 93.

https://allthatsinteresting.com/john-franzese

Here it says he served 11 years before being released on parole (1967-1978) and then from 1982 to 1984.

The site has it wrong. I could be wrong, if anyone else here knows the exact amount of time he did I hope they weigh in.

[Dwalin2014]

It was more like 35 years for the banks he never was involved in robbing, and 8 for the last conviction at age 93.

https://allthatsinteresting.com/john-franzese

Here it says he served 11 years before being released on parole (1967-1978) and then from 1982 to 1984.

The site has it wrong. I could be wrong, if anyone else here knows the exact amount of time he did I hope they weigh in.

In Michael Franzese's book it's said he served 9 years before release in 1978:

https://books.google.it/books?id=umj2Bg ... 78&f=false

[bert]

It was more like 35 years for the banks he never was involved in robbing, and 8 for the last conviction at age 93.

https://allthatsinteresting.com/john-franzese

Here it says he served 11 years before being released on parole (1967-1978) and then from 1982 to 1984.

The site has it wrong. I could be wrong, if anyone else here knows the exact amount of time he did I hope they weigh in.

In Michael Franzese's book it's said he served 9 years before release in 1978:

https://books.google.it/books?id=umj2Bg ... 78&f=false

He did way more than that after, let's allow someone who might know more certainly to say how much he did all together. He was sent back in the 1990's, and again after 2000. I think it's around 40 years he did all together. If anyone knows for sure they will weighing.