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Honors Student Facing 2 Year Mandatory Sentence for Six Joints | 41 comments (41 topical)
Re: Honors Student Facing 2 Year Mandatory Sentenc (none / 0) (#21)
by Talkleft Visitor on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:02:26 PM EST
I absolutely think our drug laws are ridiculous and that this is too severe of a crime, but one thing bothers me about this - that honors student label, like that should make any difference. I am guessing some people are upset by this because the student seems like one of "us" instead of one of "them". One thing about mandatory minimum sentences is that they keep upper-middle class (usually white) people from getting community service while their poor black counterparts have to serve hard time. Now I think NO ONE should have to serve hard time for dealing marijuana, but I think we should apply equal outrage to all cases.

Honors Student Facing 2 Year Mandatory Sentence for Six Joints | 41 comments (41 topical)

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