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Then in 1998, he struck out, charged with conspiracy to sell cocaine.
Tate, however, had never heard of the Three Strikes drug law and since no drugs were found in his possession, he chose to go to trial. The prosecutor filed what s known as an 851 Notice. That means that even if the judge wanted to take pity on you, even if the judge believed that you could be rehabilitated, even if the judge believed that the sentence was too harsh, that sheet of paper meant that you had to receive a mandatory life sentence without parole, explained Cody.
Buried Alive
Tate headed to federal prison. It took two years for the gravity of his sentence to sink in.