different rico trials as a liaison between our club and their attorneys. i was getting pointed out in that trial by the judge and prosecutors more than some of the clients were. >> i think ultimately why he ended up getting prosecuted again, because he irritated the fbi so much because he was out there trying to help his brothers. >> narrator: in november of 1996, federal agents arrested smitty and charged him with dozens of violations of federal rico laws. most shocking for smitty was that he was charged again for the murders in ft. lauderdale and new orleans. >> i says, i won two state trials. they says, that's right, this is the federal government, those trials mean absolutely nothing. i said, oh, yeah? that was my whole life and it means nothing. >> we all know about double jeopardy and the fact that once you've been tried for something