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A court has sentenced a drug kingpin to life in prison after a three-year-old child was found in possession of a backpack filled with narcotics.
A drug kingpin is a high-ranking organizer in a trafficking operation: someone who controls supply chains and stays insulated from street-level exposure.
That a toddler ended up carrying the product is the detail that drove the outcome. What the sentence means A life sentence carries no fixed release date.
Unlike a term sentence, where a judge names a year of release, a life sentence runs until the convicted person dies.
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