When all this is over, Scopelliti will also have to undergo a trial of his peers to determine whether he was justified killing a mobster patriarch such as Rocco Zito.
Per what Scopelliti has said in his testimony, he isn't just afraid for his own life. What he said in court yesterday about for whose safety he fears was very chilling--he has sons and daughters but he stressed he fears for his sons' lives. His peers--his friends--have been attending the trial with regularity.
If Scopelliti's testimony has been true, an already dead Zito will also be judged by those who were his peers in the Siderno Group. Zito was a loan shark who liked to collect but didn't pay back loans? Zito asked Scopelliti to call the police on people in Zito's circle whom Zito didn't like?
