Smith told Bailey he didn"t have the money and couldn"t afford the time away from work that a jail sentence would require. He could have been sentenced to 30 days in jail or fined $325.

按照有关法律的规定，史密斯应当被判处30天监禁或是交纳325美元的罚款，但他曾经向贝利表示，自己既没有足够的钱来交这笔罚款，也不可能脱离工作岗位那么长时间用于蹲监狱。

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They don't want him to go out. He's been in jail for more than 20 years now and the maximum rule is to keep him inside a cell.

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Now when you go to jail-- I mean when you go to court, slaves of course can't represent themselves in court at all, they don't have any legal standing.

如果你进监狱。。。,我是说如果你上法院，奴隶当然不能在法庭上代表自己，他们没有任何法律地位。

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If I don't, I get locked in jail or they tell me to get out of the country.

如果不缴税，我会被关到监狱,或者被驱逐出境。

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