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Return of the Godfathers
The Mafia is the topic as Leo Sisti tells the story of the relationship between the Sicilian and U.S. branches of Cosa Nostra. Following a war won by the "Corleonesi" side, the business relationship between the two had come to a halt. Two Inzerillos brothers (Francisco and Rosario), lost a power struggle and were forced to leave their native Sicily in the early 1980s, "exiled" to the U.S. Almost 20 years later, they returned to Sicily to avenge their murdered family members, attempt to regain power and try to resume the old business relationship with the American mob.
Tags: Mafia; Cosa Nostra; Corleonesi; Sicily; Palermo; Inzernillos
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Palermo controversy
Joe Palermo Jr. is one of Louisiana's leading distributor of video-poker devices. Palermo is currently fighting a 1997 state recommendation that his license be revoked. San Miguel investigates Palermo's criminal connections.
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Death behind bars
Orange County (Calif.) Register examines that county's jail and its high death rate, quality of medical care, financial and managerial problems, prisoner overcrowding and understaffing.