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The book was based on the life of Henry Hill, a psychopathic killer. Simon & Schuster, the publisher of the book, went to the Supreme Court to fight against the state of New York when they tried to seize the profits from the book, which was against the son of Sam law.
They actually Henry Hill, who is a psychopathic killer that that gave us Goodfellas.
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The book was based on the life of Henry Hill, a psychopathic killer. Simon & Schuster, the publisher of the book, went to the Supreme Court to fight against the state of New York when they tried to seize the profits from the book, which was against the son of Sam law.
They actually Henry Hill, who is a psychopathic killer that that gave us Goodfellas.
That's the book that is based on. But not only that, it's actually worse that in 1991, Simon & Schuster sued the state of New York, who was trying to seize the profits from the book under the son of Sam law, which made it illegal to profit from their crimes.
And I think they took it to the Supreme Court and they ruled nine to nothing in the favor of Simon & Schuster.