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US gangster (–)

Giacomo "Jackie" DiNorscio (July 20, – November 14, ) was a member of the Philadelphia and later the Lucchese crime families. He acted as his own lawyer (pro se) in the United States v. Anthony Accetturo et al. RICO trial, famous for being the longest federal trial in history (at 21 months).

Dbo: abstract Running time. The jury found a verdict of not guilty in favor of all the defendants. Anthony Accetturo et al. Brooklyn faction New Jersey faction.

This trial was conducted while DiNorscio was already incarcerated on separate drug charges. He was ultimately found not guilty (along with his fellow co-defendants) after a short deliberation by the jury. After the trial, DiNorscio went back to prison; he was released on November 23, , after serving years of a year sentence.

The film Find Me Guilty, directed by Sidney Lumet and starring Vin Diesel as DiNorscio, is based on this trial.

DiNorscio died in November , near the end of shooting.

Philadelphia family

The longtime Don of the Philadelphia crime family, Angelo "Gentle Don" Bruno, was killed on March 21, , resulting in a huge power vacuum. Anthony Accetturo and Michael Taccetta, on the other hand, used their situation to establish a new foothold in Philadelphia as a part of the Jersey Crew, with illegal gambling and loansharking operations.

Biography dinorscio jack Although not popular with Accetturo and Taccetta, DiNorscio is reported to have charmed the jury; as the trial ended in , all twenty defendants were acquitted, with a great deal of "pull" attributed to the congenial personality demonstrated by DiNorscio while he represented himself against the charges. Because of the bad relations between the two factions in Philadelphia's crime family , as well as both Taccetta and Accetturo taking advantage of the situation, the relationship between Philadelphia and the New York Families , especially the Luccheses, eventually turned worse than ever and cooperation between the families eventually ended. Help us build the largest biographies collection on the web! Anthony Accetturo et al.

Because of the bad relations between the two factions in Philadelphia's crime family, as well as both Taccetta and Accetturo taking advantage of the situation, the relationship between Philadelphia and the New York Families, especially the Luccheses, eventually turned worse than ever and cooperation between the families eventually ended. It was around this time that prominent Bruno member, DiNorscio, along with many others, defected to the New Jersey faction of the Lucchese crime family to earn greater profits and to avoid being killed.

Federal RICO (and other charges) trial

During the early s, U.S.

law enforcement started an operation to discover and prosecute all organized crime activities in the North Jersey area.

After a four-year-long investigation indictments were brought up toward 20 members of the Jersey Crew. Accetturo was brought from Florida, the Taccetta brothers were arrested in Newark, and 17 other known members were put on trial for 76 Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) predicates.

These charges of criminal activity claimed that the Lucchese Family participated in loansharking, extortion, racketeering, illegal gambling, money laundering, drug trafficking, arson, thefts, as well as murder and conspiracy to commit murder.

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The trial began in November

During the trial, DiNorscio went on to fire his lawyer and represent himself during the entire trial. Although not popular with Accetturo and Taccetta, DiNorscio is reported to have charmed the jury; as the trial ended in , all twenty defendants were acquitted, with a great deal of "pull" attributed to the congenial personality demonstrated by DiNorscio while he represented himself against the charges.

The prosecutors were stunned and it is claimed that the Jersey Crew went right back where they left off in their criminal enterprises before the RICO trial.

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External links

  • Federal Bureau of Prisons Inmate Locator Website Archived at the Wayback Machine
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  • See also: List of Lucchese crime family mobsters
  • List of past Lucchese crime family mobsters
  • Lucchese crime family () Template
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