STICK TO RAPPING, THAT WAY NO ONE WILL UNDERSTAND YOU

Yet again I need to reiterate the first rule of being a criminal mastermind: Don’t write a book describing your crimes! It seems obvious but it happens again and again. This time it’s former gangster Colton Simpson, 41, who was sentenced to 126 years in prison last week thanks in part to his 2005 memoir "Inside the Crips: Life Inside L.A.'s Most Notorious Gang," in which he described many of the crimes he carried out as an angry young man. (Yahoo News)