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Title: if only he were a right wing radio talkshow host Post by: Aske on December 10, 2006, 07:09:43 PM http://www.sptimes.com/2006/12/10/Opinion/A_drug_sentence_witho.shtml
Title: Re: if only he were a right wing radio talkshow host Post by: TFT on December 11, 2006, 05:56:31 AM "I suggest that it is unusual, illogical, and unjust that Mr. Paey could conceivably go to prison for a longer stretch for peacefully but unlawfully purchasing 100 oxycodone pills from a pharmacist than had he robbed the pharmacist at knife point, stolen 50 oxycodone pills which he intended to sell to children waiting outside, and then stabbed the pharmacist."
'When the governor's daughter, Noelle Bush, was found guilty of prescription tampering, she received a referral to a drug treatment program. That kind of proportionate sentencing and balance between a defendant's guilt and punishment also should apply here.' Phew. |