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Billie Holiday was arrested on drug charges in 1947 and tried in utterly bizarre circumstances. The prosecutor asked for leniency, while her defense attorney convinced her to plead guilty, assuring her she d be sent to a hospital. Instead, the judge sentenced her to a year in federal prison.

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Fun Fact: Billie Holiday was arrested on drug charges in 1947 and tried in utterly bizarre circumstances. The prosecutor asked for leniency, while her defense attorney convinced her to plead guilty, assuring her she’d be sent to a hospital. Instead, the judge sentenced her to a year in federal prison.

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