"The Night Dad Went to Jail," title of children's book

[0james0]

My father never went to jail, but I'm not unfamiliar with the concept. For instance, you are having a party and watching a Chavez fight, a friend goes to get beer and you don't see him again until 1998. In January of 1999, one of my best friends stopped by around 11:30 pm and we made plans to meet for breakfast at 9 am...and I haven't seen him since. He's 13 years into a 57 years to life sentence.

That's a long sentance!

What did he do?

He got caught with a 1/16th ounce of methampethamine and a gun. He was a 3rd striker and took it to trial rather than take a 25-to-life sentence. Just spoke to him an hour ago, as a matter of fact.

That still seems such a long sentence considering he didn't actually do anything as such. Possession, rather than causing trouble.

1.75 grams is such a small amount of anything. I was expecting you to say he was caught with kilos of something or actually shot someone.

Do you live in the US? If so, I thought having a gun was standard practice. No licence required.