17:27 May 23, 2017 |
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4 +3 | five-year minimum sentence |
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five-year minimum sentence Explanation: It's explained in the text. A pound is a five-year sentence. I'm not sure where "zip bit" fits in, but maybe it means minimum. I'll see if I can find an explanation. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 51 mins (2017-05-23 18:19:33 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- It means a sentence: "I was linked to a 40‐year‐old upstate black man named Willie, who'd copped out on a burglary charge and drawn a zip‐seven. A zip bit (sentence) means you serve anywhere from the time it takes to pop your fingers to all you can swallow—which in Willie's case would have meant seven years." http://www.nytimes.com/1971/10/10/archives/an-attica-graduat... Reference: http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,879338,... |
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