Find Me Guilty

The American Mafia has deep roots and serious harm. In order to eliminate social evils, the police launched an offensive against the Lucchese family, one of the five major families, after years of reconnaissance and preparation. Twenty family members, including New Jersey leader Jackie DiNosio (Vin Diesel), were arrested and charged with 76 crimes. Before the trial, the prosecutors secretly negotiated with Jackie, asking him to choose to either suffer up to 30 years in prison or serve as a tainted witness against other family members. Jackie would rather go to jail than betray his partners. He refused to hire a lawyer and defended himself and his entire family members alone... The film is adapted from the longest gang criminal trial in the history of American justice. The protagonist is Jackie DiNorscio, the legendary gang leader in the 1980s. The storyline and lines are all taken from court records archived 18 years ago. Due to the complexity of the case and the large number of people involved, the trial lasted 21 months and set many records: 20 defendants were assigned 20 defense lawyers, 8 juries took turns, and there were unprecedented long closing arguments (one of the defense lawyers' closing arguments