Original sentence: "He's just like a scum of a scum bag [sic] of the earth, I should have sued him and put him in jail".But is vitriolic in his scorn for Dylan saying, "He's a no-account son of a bitch", claiming that the song is inaccurate.He claims that the song is a total lie, but has never prevented Dylan from performing it.On August 28, 1963 Zanztinger was convicted of assault and manslaughter and was sentenced to six months, which he began serving on September 15.The ballad gives a "generally" factual account of the careless killing of 51-year-old barmaid Hattie Carroll by the wealthy young William Devereux Zantzinger (the song changes his name to "William Zanzinger"), and the lax prosecution as a result of Zantzinger's privileged position: he received only a six-month sentence.Zantzinger has recently told Howard Sounes, in "Down the Highway, the Life of Bob Dylan", "It's.actually had no effect upon my life"
Edited sentence: On August 28, 1963 Zanztinger was convicted of assault and manslaughter and sentenced to a mere six months, which he began serving on September 15.The ballad gives a generally factual account of the careless killing of 51-year-old barmaid Hattie Carroll by the wealthy young William Zantzinger (the song changes his name to "William Zanzinger"), and the lax prosecution as a result of Zantzinger's privileged position: he received only a six-month sentence