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How Do You Go From Dropping Out of the Band to Selling Weed to a Hundred Year Prison Penalty?
Roland Martin talks about how he went from running with the law to a hundred year prison sentence. He says his mother believes in her lawyer, who is 'a criminal just nal defence attorney' His father and uncles were born at home because blacks weren't allowed to be born in hospitals when he was born. The court house was where people met up so they could "hang the black eye together" But now it's more of a place for him to get away with what he has done - even if there are consequences.
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