Lawyers for John A. “Junior” Gotti are arguing that allegations of his being a mob boss are unfounded because his mother and wife have Jewish ancestry. Under mob rules, a full member of the mob must be 100 percent Italian, the lawyers argued during a court battle in New York. Federal prosecutors countered that the mob relaxed the rules years ago. Gotti, whose father, John J., is now imprisoned for life for his activities as head of the Gambino crime family, could be sentenced to 20 years if convicted of racketeering.
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