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November 16, 2007

Richie Roberts: real life lawyer portrayed by Russell Crowe in American Gangster, tale of ex drug lord, Frank Lucas, now of Newark, New Jersey

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["Richie Roberts is the former prosecutor and detective who prosecuted Harlem drug lord Frank Lucas, a story chronicled in the movie, American Gangster. Roberts, portrayed by Russell Crowe in the movie, explains how street\nlevel drug dealers used the movie's promotion\nto sell their drugs. Roberts later became the godfather of Frank Lucas' son.", OrderedDict([('@xmlns:itunes', 'http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd'), ('#text', "Richie Roberts is the former prosecutor and detective who prosecuted Harlem drug lord Frank Lucas, a story chronicled in the movie, American Gangster. Roberts, portrayed by Russell Crowe in the movie, explains how street level drug dealers used the movie's promotion to sell their drugs. Roberts later became the godfather of Frank Lucas' son.")])]

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