Maxi - The Great Trial Against Mafia
Documentary

Maxi - The Great Trial Against Mafia

The story of the 1986-87 "Maxi-trial" against Cosa Nostra in Palermo, Italy. Instructed by the Anti-Mafia pool, led by Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino, the story of this historical process and of its exceptional numbers is recounted through the real images from court audiences enriched by reconstructions with fictional scenes.

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Status

Ended

Original Name

Maxi - Il grande processo alla mafia

First Air Date

October 23, 2018

Last Air Date

November 27, 2018

Seasons

1

Episodes

6

Language

Italian

Production Companies

RAI

Networks

Rai Storia

S01E06

In the Name of the Italian People

Almost two years have passed since the beginning of the debate, and the maxi-trial is finally about to end. 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.

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