giuliani s use of it against the mafia, but as long as you make the legal elements, you can charge it. this particular office is quite expert at using rico in the nontraditional ways. it s a broader statute. so from a legal standpoint, they are going to try to use jury nullification, but probably not based on that. that assumes a level of sophistication among the jurors. you shouldn t use rico cases in anything but the mafia. their challenge is, as michael was pointing out, really connecting the dots to the master minds because it s not looking like a violent crime enterprise. they do have to connect those dots. but as a legal matter, i don t think that s going to be tough. the real challenge is the logistic of having that many defendants in the case. we talked a little bit about this. the idea that chooez bo ro, one of the attorneys is asking for and was granted a speedy trial .