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>> as soon as she felt they left, she literally ran out the back door and ran to the neighbor's house. >> she's by the grace of god alive. you just want to grab her by the arms and shake her and say, "what else happened?" but when you got to the particulars of the individual that did the shooting, she was a little hesitant or withdrawn as to who it might be, and that to me was a red flag as to she knows this guy, she was deathly afraid. >> announcer: a friend that penny called for support soon arrived at the emergency room. >> they whit perred back and forth, and he eventually turned around to...

A book that you're ready to share with the world? get published now, call for your free publisher kit today! ♪ >> announcer: in the spring of 1983, clarence "smitty" smith, the president of the outlaws motorcycle club in florida, was about to stand trial for a quadruple homicide in ft. lauderdale. >> mr. smith, how are you doing this morning? >> announcer: smitty's alleged accomplice, a biker known as yankee, had eluded authorities. public defender took on smitty's case. >> some of the outlaws were a bit rough around the edges. smitty as far as personality was concerned was not like that at ...

Organized crime, with a major battle targeting the outlaws. >> they performed theft, arson, and the dealing in stolen property and prostitution. >> and their willingness to expand and to fight their rivals is what's allowed them to flourish. >> narrator: dea agent charles falco was one of a handful of undercover federal agents to successfully infiltrate the outlaws. >> well, since florida is a main hub for cocaine coming from south america to the rest of the country, the florida outlaws would have had the power to distribute the coke to the midwest and east coast. so really the basis of outlaw...

About 'em." >> narrator: smitty's trial began in february 1985, and the main witnesses against smitty would be two fellow outlaw bikers from florida. these men had given the government information about the collins murder in exchange for reduced sentences in their other crimes. >> the main witnesses that the state relied upon were j.j. hall and karl holley. both were members of the outlaws motorcycle gang in florida. >> narrator: smitty felt hall and holley had it in for him because he demoted them after a clubhouse altercation. >> j.j. hall and karl holley made a deal with the feds to put the...

People that i could relate to. we had our love for motorcycles, the freedom of the road, came down to fight and raise hell. >> announcer: weeks before smitty's 1983 trial, he married his girlfriend bridgett in a jail house ceremony. >> smitty was about to stand trial for his life. if he lost, he had a very good chance of going to death row and he wanted and she wanted to be able to formalize their relationship before that happened. >> i bought a nice dress, did my makeup and hair. to me it was a celebration of life. >> she brought in a cake, had a nice white dress on, flowers. she looked good....