collector?
On Thu, 18 Nov 2004 09:51:18 -0600, Russel Madere <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > We need to do away with "sentencing guidelines" and let judges set > sentences based upon the crime. > > Off topic, I do have my Arizona drug stamp. I'm a collector, but I > still got a visit from the local narcs. They were amused but I was > seriously investigated. > > Russel Madere > Webmaster > 504.832.9835 > SunShine Pages by EATEL > www.sunshinepages.com > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Gruss Gott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2004 5:44 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Pot Dealer: 55 yrs, Murderer: 22 years > > Judge Questions Long Sentence In Drug Case > November 17, 2004 > Nick Madigan > The New York Times > > "In a case that has spurred intense soul-searching in legal circles, a > 25-year-old convicted drug dealer, who was arrested two years ago for > selling small bags of marijuana to a police informant, was sentenced > on Tuesday to 55 years in prison." > > "The judge who sentenced him, Paul G. Cassell of the United States > District Court here, said that he pronounced the sentence > "reluctantly" but that his hands were tied by a mandatory-minimum law > that required the imposition of 55 years on Weldon H. Angelos because > he had a gun during at least two of the drug transactions." > > "Judge Cassell said that sentencing Mr. Angelos to prison until he is > 70 years old was "unjust, cruel and even irrational," but that the law > that forced him to do so had not proved to be unconstitutional and > thus had to stand. The sentence was all the more ironic, he said, > because only two hours earlier he had been legally able to impose a > sentence of 22 years on a man convicted of aggravated second-degree > murder for beating an elderly woman to death with a log. That crime, > he argued, was far more serious." > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:136885 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
