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>> life without parole, the government's not going to dictate the rest of my life, my health is. how much longer i got, i have no idea. >> smitty, now 72 years old and suffering from emphysema, was sentenced to life in prison. he will likely die behind bars. >> i found out how far the government was going, not to just prosecute me but to prosecute our club. anything that the government can't control, can't infiltrate, they try to destroy. we're not gangsters, we're bikers. all you got to do is get on the motorcycle one time, get out on the open road, enjoy the scenery and the feeling. i can't ...

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 trial...

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...

And three others would be murdered. >> my stomach dropped to the floor. my heart, everything. i really feel like everybody's life was taken because i told. >> smitty believes that bridget like jj hall and carl hawley got a deal in exchange for testifying against him. >> she got busted herself out in arizona and said she was driving a mercedes-benz 90 mile an hour, naked, and almost rear-ended an arizona state trooper. she had cocaine with her. >> i wasn't offered anything from the government. i decided to testify because smitty should not be out on the streets. he is a killer. >> despite bridg...