15 to Life, published in 2004, is an autobiographical account of Papa's experience with the New York criminal justice system and anti-narcotics laws under which he was sentenced to fifteen years to life imprisonment for a first time drug offense. New York's strict drug laws, enacted during the term of former governor Nelson Rockefeller, and now known as the Rockefeller drug laws are among the toughest in the United States. The possession of four ounces or more of such drugs as heroin and cocaine � or the sale of two ounces or more of the same substances � carries the same penalties as those imposed for second-degree murder. (the laws were revised in 2004/2005 http://www.drugpolicy.org/statebystate/newyork/rockreform/ ) The book "15 to Life" is currently in the works of being transformed into a major film as reported by Variety http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118001620.html?categoryid=13&cs=1
As reported by Juan Gonzalez of the New York Daily News, Papa had enjoyed a middle-class life as an owner of an auto-repair and radio business prior to his arrest. According to this account, he was a family man and had never been in trouble with the law. But when a member of Papa's bowling team offered Papa "some easy money" for delivering an envelope of cocaine to the town of Mount Vernon, New York, "Papa foolishly agreed". As it happened, the courier who gave him the envelope was an undercover police informant and when Papa delivered the 4.5 ounces of coke he was promptly arrested.
Currently Papa appears with Presidents Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter in "Quebrando o Tabu" (2011) a film being released in Brazil about the global war on drugs directed by Fernando Grostein Andrade and produced by Luciano Huck http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hz0EWwC-hug&feature=autoshare A movie adaptation of "15 to Life" is currently in development by Brian Swibel's production company b. swibel presents.
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As reported by Juan Gonzalez of the New York Daily News, Papa had enjoyed a middle-class life as an owner of an auto-repair and radio business prior to his arrest. According to this account, he was a family man and had never been in trouble with the law. But when a member of Papa's bowling team offered Papa "some easy money" for delivering an envelope of cocaine to the town of Mount Vernon, New York, "Papa foolishly agreed". As it happened, the courier who gave him the envelope was an undercover police informant and when Papa delivered the 4.5 ounces of coke he was promptly arrested.
Currently Papa appears with Presidents Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter in "Quebrando o Tabu" (2011) a film being released in Brazil about the global war on drugs directed by Fernando Grostein Andrade and produced by Luciano Huck http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hz0EWwC-hug&feature=autoshare A movie adaptation of "15 to Life" is currently in development by Brian Swibel's production company b. swibel presents.
Powder cocaine packaged in
Ounce of coke images
meth and an ounce of coke
Pour about an ounce of cocaine
1/2 ounces of cocaine and
house Free ounce of coke.
Coke Products 20 oz Bottles
ounces � of Coke per year.
1 Ounce of Coke
One twelve ounce coke accounts
ounce of coke.
Coke cup
nearly two ounces of coke
Around 11 PM on March 18,
Cocaine Prices 2009
Over one ounce of cocaine was
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