Mafia boss Benjamin 'The Claw' Castelazzo has been jailed for just 15 months for money laundering after his lawyers successfully argued a longer sentence would jeapardize his health and he could end up . Castelazzo, 88, who quipped he got his nickname after he worked as a carpenter who was accustomed to using claw hammers, was handed the lighter sentence by a Brooklyn federal judge on Monday - despite prosecutors seeking 27 months. Castelazzo's attorney Ilana Haramati said a prison sentence a longer jail term could 'effectively turn into a death sentence' for the notorious Colombo crime family's underboss due to his ailing health including a bout of prostate .
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