Frank Calabrese Sr.
Defense attorneys for Michael Marcello introduced an innovative way to praise their client during his sentencing hearing on Tuesday.
At least he's not mob killer Frank Calabrese Sr.
Attorney Catharine O'Daniel noted that Calabrese Sr., convicted in the Family Secrets trial, tried to bring his two sons into Outfit business.
Michael Marcello wanted his son as far away as possible from that life, O'Daniel argued.
Marcello's son, Sam, made a heartfelt plea for father before U.S. District Judge James Zagel.
"My greatest memories are my times with him," Sam Marcello said.
He said his father rarely missed any of his athletic events and helped turn his life around when he was having a tough time in his teens.
"I don't know many people who have shown that resolute dedication to their children," Sam Marcello said.
"He's a decent man. He's remorseful. Family is everything to this man."
Poor Sam must have been the only kid playing sports in his town, where I come from we have hundreds of kids with attached "resolute and dedictaed" parents.
The old man was outfit so he goes to jail, end of story.
Frank Sr. has some nice teeth!
You can have nice teeth to if you had the money this guy had. Guys like this are predators sucking the life out of legit businesses so the can live the life of movie star. Only these are no movie stars there the stars of the Chicago outfit. They murder, steal, extort, loan shark, and enforce their so called territory. They live by a cetain code that could only be described as crimnal. The only honor these guys have is to one another, and that is limited as well!
You die by your best friends hands, and you put your self above your own family. Some who are church going and believe in God must have ignored the ten commandments, thou shall not kill, steal, or lie, but then again the mobsters code goes by the card of a saint they burn in their hand, as they swear an oath to the mob. Very few honor that code when they get busted! Goes to show that you either die, or go to prison for life, leading the lifestyle of a mobster!