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Ben Klandis:
Ladies and Gentlemen, the prosecution took great pains to point out that my client and his friends knew the sorted array of misfits they used as witnesses. They want you to believe that these men spent their lives with the criminal element you saw in this courtroom. I want to offer you a different part of Carlo Mascarpone's life and, I'm sure, the lives of these other defendants as well. Wife. Children. His priest, his M.D., the guy who pumps his gas and inspects his car for him. In other words, the hundred odd people whose lives he touches every day, every week, leading a life very much like yours. The government brought you witnesses, government informants, who, because of the lives they have led, have lost the ability to tell the differences between truth and lies. These highly-paid informants came to the government in various way, but there is one constant: they all came in handcuffs. The government does not like these defendants. They don't like the neighborhood they come from. They don't like the way they talk. They don't like their tradition; their culture. But we are a nation of laws, not men. The purpose of the prosecutor, much like the purpose of the grand jury, is to search for truth, but somehow, in this case, that was lost. The prosecutor became the persecutor. Win at any cost. I thank you all for your time, and now I pass my client's fate into your hands.
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They want you to believe
that these men spent their lives...
with the criminal element
you saw in this courtroom.
I wanna offer you a different part
of Carlo Mascarpone's life...
and I'm sure the lives
of these other defendants as well.
Wife, children...
his priest, his M.D.
The guy who pumps his gas
and inspects his car for him.
In other words,
the hundred-odd people...
whose lives he touches
every day, every week.
Leading a life very much like yours.
The government
brought you witnesses...
government informants, who,
because of the lives they have led...
have lost the ability to tell
the difference between truth and lies.
These highly-paid informants...
came to the government
in various ways...
but there is one constant.
They all came in handcuffs.
The government does not like
these defendants.
They don't like
the neighborhood they come from.
They don't like the way they talk.
They don't like
their tradition, their culture.
But we are a nation of laws, not men.
The purpose of the prosecutor,
much like the purpose of the grand jury...
is to search for truth.
But somehow in this case
that was lost.
The prosecutor
became the persecutor.
Win at any cost.
I thank you all for your time.
And now I pass
my client's fate into your hands.
Phone call,Jackie.
- Yeah?
- Uh,just...
- wonderin' how you're doin'?
- Oh, hiya, Ben.
Well, I'm- I'm kind of nervous.
I was, uh, putting down
some thoughts for tomorrow.
I don't wanna fuck up like I did.
Ah, I don't think you will,Jackie.
You was terrific this week, Ben.
Uh, if we don't make it,
it won't be your fault.
And you were terrific,
the whole trial,Jackie.
- Thank you.
- Thank you, Ben.
That means a lot to me
coming from you.
- All right.
- Okay.
- I'll see you tomorrow.
- Good night,Jackie.
Mr. DiNorscio?
"Ladies and gentlemen, I won't
take up too much more of your time.
"It's been a long trial, and I don't
want you to be away from your families...
"any longer than you have to.
"I realize I said a lot of things
in this courtroom...
"and I hope I didn't offend nobody.
But I just wanted to show you that
I'm not a gangster. I'm just a gagster. "
Clip duration: 251 seconds
Views: 223
Timestamp in movie: 00h 00m 00s
Uploaded: 10 January, 2021
Genres: biography, comedy, crime
Summary: In the late 1980s, a low level gangster named Jackie DiNorscio defends himself in court in what became the longest criminal trial in American judicial history.
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00:07 So send me to jail
00:30 Yes Mr DiNorscio
00:34 Not me
00:18 Look Mr DiNorscio If it walks like a duck looks like a duck
00:07 But I'm not a gangster ladies and gentlemen
00:33 No I didn't
00:36 Now you remember when you went to visit my pop in Lewisburg...
00:14 Jackie Dee don't rat
00:10 Jackie Dee don't rat
00:07 That's why they charge you under RICO
00:14 Live and let live Speaking of which how many times I gotta...
00:16 Well I was in a restaurant in Bloomfield on
00:07 Jackie your ignorance is second only to your arrogance
00:35 Mr Kerry I was wondering about something
00:28 Jackie what
00:10 Your Honor objection Objection
00:35 No I'm not saying that
00:35 We went to a restaurant called
00:23 My marshals have been giving me a hard time for weeks now
00:54 You know what I heard one of the lady jurors say today