Maxi - Il grande processo alla mafia

In the Name of the Italian People (1x6)

Exibido em:: Nov 27, 2018

Almost two years have passed since the beginning of the debate, and the maxi-trial is about to arrive at its closing. Two long years in which Palermo lived in a suspended limbo of hope and concern. The process went through different ups and downs and RAI journalists have come to terms with the long and cumbersome procedures of such a large trial, with its 349 hearings, 635 defensive speeches and a 12-days-long statement from prosecutors. Franco, Teresa and Gianni relive their emotions and memories of the trial on the eve of the sentence, before entering the bunker court and waiting for the Court for the last time. It's December 16, 1987: the courtroom fills up again with journalists from every country, relatives of the victims, defendants on the loose. All together, they listen to the verdict: after a two-hours-long reading, 19 life sentences and 2,665 total years of prison are adjudicate to 360 of the 474 defendants. It is a victory for prosecutors who see their accusatory system hold up, and a major defeat for Cosa Nostra, which for the first time sees its most important bosses jailed and the very existence of the organisation eventually recognised in court. Franco lives the end of the process with satisfaction and participation, with hints of his distinctive Sicilian fatalism. The next day, he has a last very important appointment: an interview with judge Giovanni Falcone.