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Originally Posted by Jermyn Davidson
“If he had been an aircraft hijacker, he would have gotten 24 years in prison. If he’s been a terrorist, he would have gotten 20 years in prison. If he was a child rapist, he would have gotten 11 years in prison. And now I’m supposed to give him a 55-year sentence? I mean, that’s just not right...”
said the Federal judge that put a 24 year old man to jail for a 55 year sentence without the possibility of parole.
Here's the story.
https://gma.yahoo.com/former-federal...opstories.html
The judge publicly regrets his decision and discusses it publicly with a reporter. What do you think? Should this fellow be in jail for the vast majority of his life simply because he sold marijuana? |
From your link, which wouldn't open today.
I happened to run across this article by Jason Riley, WSJ. Totally great article to take the time and read!
Race Relations and Law Enforcement
Some insist that our jails and prisons are teeming with young black men due primarily to racist drug laws, but the reality is that the drug laws are neither racist nor driving the black incarceration rate.
It’s worth remembering that the harsher penalties for crack cocaine offenses that were passed in the 1980s were supported by most of the Congressional Black Caucus, including Rep. Charles Rangel of Harlem, who at the time headed the House Select Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control. Crack was destroying black communities and many black political leaders wanted dealers to face longer sentences.
In other words, black legislators in Washington led the effort to impose tougher drug laws, a fact often forgotten by critics today.
http://imprimis.hillsdale.edu/race-r...w-enforcement/
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