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In the late 1980s, a RICO trial is pending against TheMafia, specifically the Lucchese Family. Jackie [=DiNorscio=] (Creator/VinDiesel), a mafioso who has already been convicted for another crime and is currently serving out a 30-year prison term is indicted as well, but decides to represent himself. HilarityEnsues.
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In the late 1980s, a RICO [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racketeer_Influenced_and_Corrupt_Organizations_Act RICO]] trial is pending against TheMafia, specifically the Lucchese Family. Jackie [=DiNorscio=] (Creator/VinDiesel), a mafioso who has already been convicted for another crime and is currently serving out a 30-year prison term is indicted as well, but decides to represent himself. HilarityEnsues.
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In the late 1980s, a RICO trial is pending against TheMafia, specifically the Lucchese Family. Jackie [=DiNorscio=] (Creator/VinDiesel), a mafioso who has already been convicted for another crime and is currently serving out a 30-year prison term, term is indicted as well, but decides to represent himself. HilarityEnsues.
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In the late 1980s, a RICO trial is pending against TheMafia, specifically the Lucchese Family. Jackie [=DiNorscio=] (Creator/VinDiesel), a mafioso who has already been convicted for another crime and is currently serving out a 30-year prison term, is indicted as well, but decides to represent himself. HilarityEnsues.
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In the late 1980s, a RICO trial is pending against the Lucchese Family. Jackie [=DiNorscio=] (Creator/VinDiesel), a mafioso who has already been convicted for another crime and is currently serving out a 30-year prison term, is indicted as well, but decides to represent himself. HilarityEnsues.
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In the late 1980s, a RICO trial is pending against the Calabrese Family. Jackie [=DiNorscio=] (Creator/VinDiesel), a mafioso who has already been convicted for another crime, is indicted as well, but decides to represent himself. HilarityEnsues.
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In the late 1980s, a RICO trial is pending against the Calabrese Lucchese Family. Jackie [=DiNorscio=] (Creator/VinDiesel), a mafioso who has already been convicted for another crime, is indicted as well, but decides to represent himself. HilarityEnsues.
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* MisterBig: The lead defense attorney for the mobsters is Ben Klandis, played by Creator/PeterDinklage. It's otherwise never really brought up, except when he has to use a podium to address the court. He's clearly the most articulate and competent of the bunch, especially in comparison to [[AFoolForAClient Jackie]].
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''Find Me Guilty'' is a 2006 CourtroomDrama by Creator/SidneyLumet.
In the late 1980s, a RICO trial is pending against the Calabrese Family. Jackie [=DiNorscio=] (Creator/VinDiesel), a mafioso who has already been convicted for another crime, is indicted as well, but decides to represent himself. HilarityEnsues.
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!!This film provides examples of:
* AFoolForAClient: This movie loosely portrays the real life trial of the Lucchese Crime Family in the 1980s, where gangster Jackie [=DiNorscio=] decided to defend himself in court after getting fed up with his previous lawyer, starring Creator/VinDiesel as [=DiNorscio=].
* HeroAntagonist: Sean Kierney seeks to convict Jackie and the rest of the Lucchese Family and is an enemy for them to overcome.
* PoliteVillainsRudeHeroes: DA Kierney, despite fighting for a genuinely good cause to end a good chunk of TheMafia, is very much a SmugSnake in the way he handles himself. Meanwhile, with the exception of their abrasive boss, the mobsters are portrayed as friendly bohemians with a lot of comraderie.
* ProtagonistCenteredMorality: [=DiNorscio=], despite being a repugnant, completely unapologetic lifelong gangster, is treated as an underdog ComedicHero fighting against a corrupt system, while his opponent NY District Attorney Sean Kierney is a bonafide {{Jerkass}} despite his indictments against the Calabrese Family's numerous crimes (murder, racketeering, drug dealing, etc.) being absolutely correct. This is exacerbated because [[OffstageVillainy their crimes are never shown]], only mentioned during the courtroom proceedings, making the mafioso come off like a bunch of well-dressed goofsters being maliciously targeted by the authorities. At one point Kierney, after becoming frustrated by them getting sympathy from the jury, [[LampshadeHanging denounces this]] in private, saying to his aides that they don't get what kind of people the defendants are. Some reviewers were also repelled, saying it was difficult to be happy with a movie that ends like this.
* VillainProtagonist: Jackie [=DiNorscio=] is a lifelong criminal whose efforts to secure an aquittal for himself and his associates is the main focus.
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''Find Me Guilty'' is a 2006 CourtroomDrama by Creator/SidneyLumet.
In the late 1980s, a RICO trial is pending against the Calabrese Family. Jackie [=DiNorscio=] (Creator/VinDiesel), a mafioso who has already been convicted for another crime, is indicted as well, but decides to represent himself. HilarityEnsues.
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!!This film provides examples of:
* AFoolForAClient: This movie loosely portrays the real life trial of the Lucchese Crime Family in the 1980s, where gangster Jackie [=DiNorscio=] decided to defend himself in court after getting fed up with his previous lawyer, starring Creator/VinDiesel as [=DiNorscio=].
* HeroAntagonist: Sean Kierney seeks to convict Jackie and the rest of the Lucchese Family and is an enemy for them to overcome.
* PoliteVillainsRudeHeroes: DA Kierney, despite fighting for a genuinely good cause to end a good chunk of TheMafia, is very much a SmugSnake in the way he handles himself. Meanwhile, with the exception of their abrasive boss, the mobsters are portrayed as friendly bohemians with a lot of comraderie.
* ProtagonistCenteredMorality: [=DiNorscio=], despite being a repugnant, completely unapologetic lifelong gangster, is treated as an underdog ComedicHero fighting against a corrupt system, while his opponent NY District Attorney Sean Kierney is a bonafide {{Jerkass}} despite his indictments against the Calabrese Family's numerous crimes (murder, racketeering, drug dealing, etc.) being absolutely correct. This is exacerbated because [[OffstageVillainy their crimes are never shown]], only mentioned during the courtroom proceedings, making the mafioso come off like a bunch of well-dressed goofsters being maliciously targeted by the authorities. At one point Kierney, after becoming frustrated by them getting sympathy from the jury, [[LampshadeHanging denounces this]] in private, saying to his aides that they don't get what kind of people the defendants are. Some reviewers were also repelled, saying it was difficult to be happy with a movie that ends like this.
* VillainProtagonist: Jackie [=DiNorscio=] is a lifelong criminal whose efforts to secure an aquittal for himself and his associates is the main focus.
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