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Honeycombe8

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13. Almost everyone cooperates with authorities to lessen their sentence.

Tue Jun 12, 2012, 08:04 AM

Jun 2012

Some even testify at court. It's a common practice, even by the most hardened of criminals.

The subject line of the post/article is also a little disengenious. He didn't just witness the drug deal. He was a participant who stood to gain money from it.

It does seem that one life sentence or 30 or 40 years would've been more appropriate, though. Maybe there were extenuating circumstances? A rap sheet, maybe?

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24-Year-Old Gets 3 Life Terms in Prison for Witnessing a Drug Deal: The Ugly Truth of Mandatory Drug [View all] xchrom Jun 2012 OP

I'm not saying he wasn't in the wrong BUT this country is Fucked up! Life in Prison for DRUGS AND lookingfortruth Jun 2012 #1

I didn't see why he wouldn't turn snitch to save himself, supposedly, some jail time or jp11 Jun 2012 #2

You do realize Bohunk68 Jun 2012 #5

Almost everyone cooperates with authorities to lessen their sentence. Honeycombe8 Jun 2012 #13

The guy who murderd a kid I grew up with got 25 years. Hassin Bin Sober Jun 2012 #28

That has nothing to do with this case. Honeycombe8 Jun 2012 #40

Yes one was a cold blooded murder and the other was a victimless crime. Hassin Bin Sober Jun 2012 #57

Drug dealing isn't a victimless crime. Let's see a link to your supposed "murderer" of a child Honeycombe8 Jun 2012 #62

THIS is why I reject "the big tent". I can't find ANY common ground with this sort of thinking. nt Romulox Jun 2012 #29

nor do i wish to find common ground with that line of reasoning.. frylock Jun 2012 #34

You think it's a bad thing to cooperate with the law, when you're caught red handed? Honeycombe8 Jun 2012 #41

Why not just execute the kid? It would be far more "compassionate" than caging him like an animal Romulox Jun 2012 #60

Yes, it's sad to think that you're in my tent. Someone who judges w/o the facts. Honeycombe8 Jun 2012 #43

I am sitting here wondering why we clash so often when we agree on so much. n/t Egalitarian Thug Jun 2012 #54

It's likely my abrasive personality. :) nt Romulox Jun 2012 #59

LOL! How could a couple of milquetoast's like us be considered abrasive? n/t Egalitarian Thug Jun 2012 #61

Snitches can also get dead. Quick. Zalatix Jun 2012 #33

That's true. He could end up dead in prison, anyway. You'd be hard pressed Honeycombe8 Jun 2012 #42

It's still bullshit posturing... Blue_Tires Jun 2012 #24

You don't know much about the real world, do you? hobbit709 Jun 2012 #7

Snitches get killed - that's why. TBF Jun 2012 #20

I don't see any chance of that... Blue_Tires Jun 2012 #25

This is tantamount to kidnapping in its disregard for the rights of Aaron. Vattel Jun 2012 #3

Our legal system has become completely insane with these outrageous mandatory sentencing guidelines spicegal Jun 2012 #4

No - it's not about justice. TBF Jun 2012 #19

Why is it I can assume he's Black? Why can't these laws be overthrown on grounds of racism? marble falls Jun 2012 #6

They should be abolished because they are insanely wrong. Warren Stupidity Jun 2012 #9

I agree and racism is insanely wrong. marble falls Jun 2012 #48

So? Why the outrage? SecurityManager Jun 2012 #8

In addition to dooming the 24 yr. old to a life in prison, it will cost ladjf Jun 2012 #10

Ever seen kids on crack? SecurityManager Jun 2012 #14

Yes. And I've also seen kids on heroin, speed, alcohol or god. hobbit709 Jun 2012 #22

THIS!!!! GObamaGO Jun 2012 #26

I agree. The drug policy is whats whack. And so are the people who support it. marble falls Jun 2012 #49

Since you say you have "no sympathy for drug dealers . . . and coalition_unwilling Jun 2012 #32

ever seen 20-somethings rotting away in our for-profit prison system? frylock Jun 2012 #35

Your opinion is worse than any opinion on anything I've ever heard Occulus Jun 2012 #55

Being locked up forever for introducing a drug dealer to a victim? mwooldri Jun 2012 #15

victim? What victim? I don't see a victim anywhere in that transaction. Warren Stupidity Jun 2012 #51

Are you sure you are at the correct web site? RC Jun 2012 #17

There are several - TBF Jun 2012 #18

What you mean? DU doesn't accept alternative opinions now? Dawgs Jun 2012 #21

What I am saying is "Where is the empathy for a obvious extreme miscarriage of justice." RC Jun 2012 #27

Tolerance isn't a weapon for you to use against us. nt Romulox Jun 2012 #30

this place is not what it used to be, and that's sad.. frylock Jun 2012 #36

wow seriously? Warren Stupidity Jun 2012 #50

IMO that sentencing judge - and the prosecutor's office... mwooldri Jun 2012 #11

Clarence Aaron Case: Pardon Attorney Torpedoes Plea for Presidential Mercy RC Jun 2012 #12

hmph! chervilant Jun 2012 #16

Private prisons love these types of laws. But then they wrote them for maximum midnight Jun 2012 #23

If he had only "cooperated"--identified which of his neighbors were jews--then maybe Romulox Jun 2012 #31

k&r HiPointDem Jun 2012 #37

The American legal system is so f*!$ed up as to be beyond belief, we don't have a legal system. Uncle Joe Jun 2012 #38

I have found it very easy to not conspire to do 9 kilo coke deals in my life. aikoaiko Jun 2012 #39

This is like Mark Young's case in regard to marijuana RainDog Jun 2012 #44

President Obama should give him a Presidential Pardon. AJTheMan Jun 2012 #45

These laws essentially sentence people into slavery. Odin2005 Jun 2012 #46

He did a little more than just witness the deal. Incitatus Jun 2012 #47

Yes. Bogus headlines actually undercut the stories. cthulu2016 Jun 2012 #52

To those authoritarian apologists responding here; Egalitarian Thug Jun 2012 #53

If there was a serial killer who murdered joggers and pissed on their corpses Sen. Walter Sobchak Jun 2012 #56

Morning kick. It's already being reposted this morning. n/t Egalitarian Thug Jun 2012 #58