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Why was he even in prison in the first place?


What was the offense?

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Aggravated assault. In one scene, Frank explains his story:

This old man named Galleti.
Took me off the street when I was .
Taught me that I could do something besides hanging out on corners.
Yeah. I owed him.

One night these punks broke into the garage and put a beating on old man Galleti.

The whole neighbourhood knew about it.
The cops knew.
But these punks were connected, so the cops didn't do anything. I did. So after all the smoke had cleared.....these guys were in the hospital, and I
was doing time for aggravated assault.

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