Documentary was among the most interesting I've seen in the past few years, partly because of the story itself and partly from his video taping of early criminal life. 8 instead of 10 because some areas like his early life and scenes of his biological father were given too much time and some areas could have been more fully explored, like the full extent of his crimes, how he became connected to an organized crime figure and the details of his life while he was making tons of money. It also could have been made more clear what the timespan and timeline of these events were.
The thing that I kept thinking, after watching it was that the police in specific and the legal system in general were very inept in their handling of this case. They seemed to be following him (including wiretaps) for a long while without arresting him and therefore allowing him to keep committing crimes. Then the sentence he got (and particularly the time actually served which shows up in Wikipedia) when finally caught seems laughable compared to the extent of his crimes, not much more than a poor inner-city person robbing a liquor store for a few hundred dollars might get in the U. S.
Also, more info on his post-prison life would seem to have been in order (the only reference I found is that is, or might be, a security consultant). And if there was any psychological evaluation done after his arrest, that would have been interesting, as well as what he thought about his times in prison.
The thing that I kept thinking, after watching it was that the police in specific and the legal system in general were very inept in their handling of this case. They seemed to be following him (including wiretaps) for a long while without arresting him and therefore allowing him to keep committing crimes. Then the sentence he got (and particularly the time actually served which shows up in Wikipedia) when finally caught seems laughable compared to the extent of his crimes, not much more than a poor inner-city person robbing a liquor store for a few hundred dollars might get in the U. S.
Also, more info on his post-prison life would seem to have been in order (the only reference I found is that is, or might be, a security consultant). And if there was any psychological evaluation done after his arrest, that would have been interesting, as well as what he thought about his times in prison.
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