The Case Sonny Franzese Couldn't Beat 

The agent that says “he’s done far far worse” is the worst kind of agent. That’s him saying yes he was framed but it was justified. Law enforcement should never break the law to put someone in prison

a 50 year sentence for bank robbery is bout all ya need to understand that he indeed was framed .

One of the best jokes ever The FBI plays by the rules 😁😁😁

Done his 50 and lived to 103 what a legend.

That agent saying the FBI never cut corners made me laugh. Whatever dude.

I love how the Agent says "we don't do 24 hour survalience on anyone" not even John Gotti. As if they didn't have bugs in their cars, business, homes, phones, social clubs, etc. Guys lying through his teeth

3/4 of people in our government should be in prison!!!!

There really is honor amongst thieves lol this guy denied everything, took his secrets to the grave and never told on anyone. Solid as fuck

He got off on 12 cases. Each time the FBI became more desperate until they reached the point of framing him. In this case, it was 4 witnesses they could use while not having to prove this man’s involvement or whereabouts whatsoever. Also, I think some job security issues for the Agents and DA probably played a part. They all failed at convicting him 12 TIMES before they framed him.

“ he’s done things far far worse” well that says it all they don’t care if he was framed or not cause he did “ worse things” anyway. Which also means they wouldn’t mind framing him either

One of the agents virtually admitted they framed him because of all the murders he allegedly committed

'Only threats i got were from the government'. Pretty much sums it up

Finally a type of documentary about Sonny Franzese. I wish the A&E show Mobsters, would do an episode on him.

I’m enjoying these videos about Sonny.

Lol “We play by the rules” lmao yea right

Can't get back 50 years that's tough. Sonny outlived that crazy sentence though LoL

2:37 "He's done things that are far, far worse" -Then you should convict the guy on these "far worse" things, instead of framing him

Amazing journalism. Factual. Up front. No agenda. This is what a journalist should put out for public consumption. Like it or not, it’s all about the truth. If you are going to put someone away for any amount of time much less 30+ years, do it for something they actually did. Hard to watch but still very well done.

Epic series on the Franzese family!! Loved every episode! First class news day!

“She was mad because she wanted what my wife had” 🤣😂 Gangsta.

Stand up man till the end. Last of his kind.

He was totally framed! Its pretty messed up that the government couldn’t catch him the legal way so they framed him! The cops who sent Sonny to prison should be put in prison themselves! So messed up

I met Sonny the last time he was locked up and he was a up beat very respectful guy You got to hand it to him

After the last few years when I hear a FBI agent say we play by the rules I scoff.

Like they say.. you don't always get punished for what you do, sometimes it comes in the form of something you didn't do.. either way, you pay your dues. Nature has a way of creating balance.. He's not crying about it.. why is everyone else. He's not a hero, he is a murderer and wife beater.. a lot of families now have children, grand children and great grandchildren that never would have existed if he was out and killed more people. whole generations are alive bc he went to jail. maybe it was your family.. maybe the neighborhood butcher or clock maker, restaurant owner.. your great great grandparents.. if they were killed you wouldn't be here. Your family wouldn't exist, your children wouldn't exist.. there are thousands of people who don't exist bc he killed a person all those years ago. erased thousands of potential lives bc he felt like it. seriously.. who cares if he was framed.. it's not like he was some innocent person who this bad thing happened to.. do you think he was 'fair' to the people he killed.. or their children whose lives were ruined because they had to grow up without their father . He is dead.. let him finally live in peace and be at peace with him.

Did I just hear FBI(or any other agency of Law) agent say FBI follows the rules?😂😂

Unless they have recording of Sonny giving the order, how can a jury tie in this bullcrap conspiracy? I think he was framed.

FBI- we play by the rules 😂😂Yeah ok buddy. Sonny was a stand up guy and they couldn’t get him fairly. RIP Sonny 🕊🙏

As the FBI guy said..we play by the rules..yea sure you do......

This is a sad sad story. Lives destroyed by violence. No he may not have performed that robbery, but the consequences of his life, set all of these events in motion. Nothing good could have come of it.

This is hardly the 1st time the feds have been scummy. And who cares if he's done things way worse than this. We arent talking about that stuff, we are talking about this

I think the Mob and the FBI had something to do with Sonny getting framed for his crime the whole mob been rats since the beginning... Thay look at it as business just so the feds wouldn't look at the other bosses thay sacrificed Sonny for there own gain cause he's was to powerful and there's was nthn thay could do it about it but frame him

The agent that said the FBI played by the rules. I guess he never met agent lynn delvecchio and agent John connelly.... Lol. By the rules!!!!

Rip sonny what a man 💪🏽

Tragic story. Great documentary. Ive never seen so much interviews with some of the family like this. Sonny was a stand-up guy. even his enemies respected him.

Why do I feel like those agents are bold-face liars....not even half way through the vid

“He’s done things that are far far worse” seems like something who has done bad things would say to justify their own actions

It gotta be true about sonny being framed. The FBI were hell bent locking him up but failed numerous times so did the shitty stunt and framed him. Imagine doing 50 years for something you didn't do. He never ratted anybody out for any crime. This man was the true GOODFELLOW

-2:41 "i couldn't do that.. because it's my principle.. what should i lie to people that people lie againts me.. i couldn't do that" You are really really true man, full respect!! may you RIP

Kenneth Steiger, "We play by the rules." He definitely ain't talking about the US FBI.

Outstanding docu film series, hope you do more mob stuff. Amazing work. Thanks

Sonny still lived by the code of omerta he will never admit to it even if he did do it.. in truth the world may never know, now that he’s gone...

I wonder if as much attention would be paid to the families of Sonny's victims? Sonny clipped a lot of wiseguys in his career.

What a beast. What a life!!!! Respected mafioso, slept with the finest women ever, did a lot of time and lived till 103 without ratting on his friends. This guy is up there with Capone, Bonny & Clyde, Dillinger…a real outlaw till the end

If Sonny’s last name was Kennedy, Biden, or Clinton he would have walked.

I don't care what anybody says. Society has proven time and time again. You take the father figure out of the picture the family falls apart.

Last man standing, sad to say he is in the wrong side of the society, but nevertheless hats off to you sir🙏

Pure Definition of A Mans , Man SONNY WAS GANGSTER FROM HEAD TO TOE!!!!! Last of the Mohegans

He was 100% framed

The feds destroyed him and his family, what a shame.

He probably was framed they had to find a way to get him, and guess that tactic worked, Seems alot in the American justice system its not always who is actually guilty but Who can sell it!

Sal Polisi’s book “The Sinatra club” is an excellent mob book

FBI Russia Russia Russia Russia they did it so we can really believe the feds 😂 🤣😂

The life of this man shows you kinda how unmoblike gotti was ...

This brought tears to my eyes. God bless them

I love how the police officers in the judges say things like he did a lot of other crimes like that's okay that he was framed did they ever prove that he got any of the money not every cop prosecutor and judge her boy scout that's for sure

How many lives were saved putting Sonny behind bars. We'll never know but I'm sure there were some.

The reality is that if that frame job didn’t stick, they were going to get him a decade later on RICO charges that carry life without parole. Frame job was the best outcome.

It's so fucking bothersome the way they paint the FBI and Law Enforcement.. like they're so pure and good as if they have been washed down by God himself!

Great 👍 documentary I really appreciate how it was put together

Junior Soprano told me Sonny Franzese had the makings of a varsity athlete..... :)

Compartmentalization of the most extreme kind. The mind protects itself from a reality it cannot accept without doing damage to one's own psyche. That same character trait allows someone to brutally murder someone and then immediately thereafter sit at the dinner table and enjoy a meal with one's loved ones. Fascinating.....

This was a great docu series

It hurts to see and learn about injustices with judiciary. They were frustrated because Michael's dad was not an informer even to the end. RIP Sonny Franzese.

Sonny Franzese ,, " tough guy" ,, toooough guuy.

There definitely needs to be a proper movie made about sonny He is a mans man no doubt about it

NEVER CUT CORNERS OR MADE UP CHARGES? One Word to Argue that Statement,,,,, TRUMP!

Some of these prosecutors were excellent. Five years ago I held the FBI as the gold standard for truth. Today, I think the FBI leadership has grown political & just finds the man they want, and get him no matter what. Heck, in 2021 if you are a tax paying American male who loves his country, be careful. The rank & file agents are great, but leadership determines who they want and they order agents to go get them, regardless of right and wrong. Watching this, you see how leadership just decided that Sonny needed to go away and they made it happen.

FBI plays by the rules? Lmao good one copper

FBI plays by the rules. Just refer to Greg Scarpa and Whitey Bulger.

To hear that FBI agent say he's never known anyone to cut corners to get a conviction is almost comical get real my guy

Law enforcement pretending they are clean 100% 🤭

Sonny def would have eventually became the boss if he didn’t go to prison

The bank robbers get a 5 stretch, Sonny gets 50. WTF

What im curious about is all the mafia stuff i read and watch men of sonnys status and his position in that life would organize himself with the people that committed the crimes i mean 5 guys splitting the take risk to reward seems just STUPID and then to max out his sentence there's no doubt in my mind something is really dirty and just as corrupt as that life

FBI guy says they never tried to put some bs charges on someone that they couldn't catch. Al Capone.

The FBI agent talking about the FBI never doing this for this quote hasn’t aged well. Is Hillary Clinton the President of the FBI🤣

Sonny was a mans man 100% and he owes nothing but Rip Sonny

Fbi saying they play by the rules lol they had a hard on for sonny the size of the empire state building cause he beat like 9 cases rip sonny the last real gangster

You’re guys awesome in production.

The neighbors even said they did 24 hour surveillance. They seen them.

REQUIESCAT IN PACE Sonny Franzese. The last of the True Men. The most honorable man of the last two centuries.

Why the hell would Sonny want a crew to go out to the Midwest and rob banks when he’s making money hand over fist in NY. It amazing how the courts, prosecutors, Law enforcement say how perfect they are and always have been. The prosecutor in this video just keeps laughing seeming how absurd it everything was when Sandra questioned him. As for the FBI doing 24 hour surveillance. Just because a Fed isn’t watching doesn’t mean someone isn’t listening to a bug. We’ve seen so many time and time again nowadays how many time Government officials and police officials have been involved in complicity or being inept.

What happened to all Sonny's money? Feds take it? Seems,so sad,Tina passed broke.

I honestly believe he was set up Too much info was withheld So much about the case doesn’t make sense. And even after he did his time and couldn’t get I trouble. He maintained his innocence to the very end. And the man never talked or ratted on anyone. Not saying he was an angel but the man was loyal and kept his mouth shut and honored his oath to the very end.

One hell of greatest docuseries I’ve seen.

So here’s the issue. Of the witnesses, none were made men. Why would an underboss meet directly with a crew of bank robbers (of whom none were made)? It doesn’t make sense. Even a capo regime wouldn’t do that.

That was the best JF interview

Kenneth Steiger "we play by the rules" Hahahaha yeah right.. what a joke

this is well done 👍nice job

That FBI agent who said...." I've been in this business 44 years and NOT once have I've ever seen the FBI cut corners and say I can't get him on this but we'll make up something and get him on that". Buddy, that MAY be the old FBI not this one .

That guy is a mans man!

Guy that says been in the business 44 years never seen anyone cut corners..?? He kidding...Joe Salvati .. Peter Limone, Henry Tamelo... 30 years and they were innocent ... Joke.. Cut a lot of corners.

The real G

I hear a FBI agent say WE PLAY BY THE RULES. That Fucking guy would lie his ass off to put him away. What rules the rules that change all the time for their benefit. He done worse so its OK if he didnt do this crime

No one can ever live up to this man

GOD IS THE REAL BOSS ! Romans 13:1-10 Submission to Governing Authorities 13 Let everyone be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God. 2 Consequently, whoever rebels against the authority is rebelling against what God has instituted, and those who do so will bring judgment on themselves. 3 For rulers hold no terror for those who do right, but for those who do wrong. Do you want to be free from fear of the one in authority? Then do what is right and you will be commended. 4 For the one in authority is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for rulers do not bear the sword for no reason. They are God’s servants, agents of wrath to bring punishment on the wrongdoer. 5 Therefore, it is necessary to submit to the authorities, not only because of possible punishment but also as a matter of conscience. 6 This is also why you pay taxes, for the authorities are God’s servants, who give their full time to governing. 7 Give to everyone what you owe them: If you owe taxes, pay taxes; if revenue, then revenue; if respect, then respect; if honor, then honor. Love Fulfills the Law 8 Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another, for whoever loves others has fulfilled the law. 9 The commandments, “You shall not commit adultery,” “You shall not murder,” “You shall not steal,” “You shall not covet,” and whatever other command there may be, are summed up in this one command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”[ 10 Love does no harm to a neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.

This whole series is amazing. Only 2 Gangsters are on this level. Anthony Accardo & Sonny. 2 different cities but Omertà is real...🥃

I believe he was innocent of the robbery charges. Truth lies at the bottom of a well. People are biased . They misinterpret ...They lie. Add to that subconscious wishes and you have a toxic mixture...

The judge made sonny a legend by not bending to reason.