When Howard “Pappy” Mason made bail, he made an imaginary gun with his thumb and index finger, turned to the prosecutor and pulled the trigger. Which must have been worrying, given that he had just been freed by a hung jury in a murder trial in which he was accused of killing Lorenzo “Fat Cat” Nichols’ parole officer. The supposed motive? The parole officer had dared to send him back to prison.

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