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Write a brief summary of the events that led up to Mandela's life sentence.

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arrested and imprisoned in 1962 then hated his life and was a bad boy
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Answer:

He was arrested and imprisoned in 1962, and subsequently sentenced to life imprisonment for conspiring to overthrow the state following the Rivonia Trial.

Mandela served 27 years in prison, split between Robben Island, Pollsmoor Prison and Victor Verster Prison.

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