Street Level Heroin Dealer Sentenced To 40 Years In Prison

TheRapperGoneBad said:
seems to me people involved in drug court get much harsher sentences then if they had just served off there jail time.
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Yeah they do. This is why for offenses involving multiple felonies, a lot of lawyers actually don't recommend their clients choose drug court as opposed to just serving a few months in jail.

This is my situation right now, actually. I have been charged with 4 felonies, each one caries a maximum sentence of 9 years. So, to get on drug court, you need to be indicted first, and you have to plead guilty to the max of all your charges. So, then if you fuck up on drug court, the judge has the ability to commit you to your full sentence.

Because I have a history of relapsing and fucking up, my lawyer adamantly told me not to do drug court, and just take the 6 month jail term/negotiate for a shorter jail term, because if I mess up on DC, I would be facing multiple years in state prison.

Like I said in my other posts, even though you have to plead to the max for your felonies to get on DC, judges never actually give out the max.. you'll still always get a much harsher sentence than if you would have taken a plea deal, for example.. a common one is 2-5 years in prison. But to actually give somebody the max like that? It's insane.
 
^Yeah, drug courts's a trap! Like their giving you this "BIG CHANCE"...Fuck you! Locking people up for dicking around with a few bundles is waste of time! You're not stopping anything...The drugs are still there...Everyone's still getting high! You're just ruining people's lives for no fucking reason...Honestly, what purpose does it serve? None, it does absolutely nothing!
 
pmoseman said:
Serving less time for murder is a bit of a stretch. He has 4 counts. There are no 4 counts of murder were you serve 40 years.
He could get 6 years of good behavior.
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Exactly. It shouldn't be 4 counts for 40 years. For ONE murder, it should be 45-50 years minimum with good behavior and a max of about 100 - 110 years, if you do not behave. All on one count, that would be nice. You have no right to murder someone for pleasure or whatever. Also, no death penalty...perfect.

This is a victimless crime. What dogs. Bastards. They will get what is coming for this. I am also down for giving a donation or whatever is needed to help this guy, so if anything is setup, please let me know somehow, thread or whatever.
 
I'd like to know his prior criminal record. 40 years is outrageous for selling anything, but he probably shit on the system a few too many times so they threw the book at him. Happens to people all the time, they obviously didnt "learn their lesson" in the eyes of the DA and Judge so they make an example out of them.

Not that there's really any lessons to be learned though, except that life sucks and people have no empathy and just want to lock up as many people as possible for their own job security. I dont know how you could live with yourself being a DA. I'd let so many people off the hook
 
He had 29 felonies and he is just 26 years old, so there are a lot of points on his record.

I just heard a story about China and United States destroying tons and tons of ivory to make a statement that poaching is not worth killing an endangered species (ivory is worth more than gold by the way). They seem to have it in their heads that drug use is worse still. So you are up against a pretty heavy wall without really seeing what is going on behind it.

I think the role people are put into has an affect on how they will behave, but you seem to be making some pretty broad generalizations about people in government while considering the most humanistic aspects of the criminal.
 
Drug crimes should NEVER, EVER get longer sentences than murder, rape, manslaughter or other violent crimes. Yet it happens all the fucking time all over this shitty country. Beat the fuck out of your wife? Go to jail for the night. Kill 4 people while drunk driving like the "Affluenza" faggot? Probation, no prison time. Get caught selling drugs on a small scale = 40 years of your life down the shitter.

If this doesn't terrify and enrage you, you need to check your pulse. You're either dead or heartless.
 
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teological said:
Exactly. It shouldn't be 4 counts for 40 years. For ONE murder, it should be 45-50 years minimum with good behavior and a max of about 100 - 110 years, if you do not behave. All on one count, that would be nice. You have no right to murder someone for pleasure or whatever. Also, no death penalty...perfect.

This is a victimless crime. What dogs. Bastards. They will get what is coming for this. I am also down for giving a donation or whatever is needed to help this guy, so if anything is setup, please let me know somehow, thread or whatever.
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Yes will a fund page be set up to him this bloke. I'm from the UK n don't have much money as I'm a single mam but I'd like to try n help in any way I can. This is outrageous!
 
Lady Codone said:
Drug crimes should NEVER, EVER get longer sentences than murder, rape, manslaughter or other violent crimes. Yet it happens all the fucking time all over this shitty country. Beat the fuck out of your wife? Go to jail for the night. Kill 4 people while drunk driving like the "Affluenza" faggot? Probation, no prison time. Get caught selling drugs on a small scale = 40 years of your life down the shitter.

If this doesn't terrify and enrage you, you need to check your pulse. You're either dead or heartless.
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Yeah when thinking about that absolutely ridiculous Affluenza case, this just enrages me even further. For those of you who don't know, there was a case where this stupid rich kid, got shit faced and killed 4 people behind the wheel of his car. Get this... they actually convinced the court to let him walk based on the fact that because he was so privileged his entire life, he didn't know right from wrong because his parents never set limits for him, he was a victim of being too affluent. Hence, "Affluenza". Kid was mandated to rehab, thats it. Killed 4 fucking people. Then this other poor bastard is strung out, sells a little dope, and gets 40 years.

And for the poster who mentioned his record, he doesn't have 29 felony convictions on his record, he had just been charged with 29 felonies over the years, most of which he wasn't convicted on.
 
Captain.Heroin said:
I know.

I am sure my comment comes from my guilt of having enabled close friends and loved ones to the point of addiction, pain, misery, psychosis, and death.

One day I will pay for my sins too. I can only hope I am forgiven.
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We are all responsible for our own personal hells.

I'm curious by the way, how much is 38 bags of heroin and 19 rocks of crack in grams?
 
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Not much. The dope would be probably 3 grams or so, and the crack another 2-3 most likely. 38 bags of dope is just under 4 buns. Easily personal use quantities if you have a large habit or bought for 2-3 days worth of using, which many addicts do. I have routinely had that amount of dope on me even when I wasn't selling anything. As far as the crack, it's so cheap and the high is so short, that having that much really isn't a big deal either, especially if he was just flipping like half to his friends to pay for him using the other half himself.

Point is those are not even close to "drug dealer" quantities.
 
Mr.Scagnattie said:
Yeah when thinking about that absolutely ridiculous Affluenza case, this just enrages me even further. For those of you who don't know, there was a case where this stupid rich kid, got shit faced and killed 4 people behind the wheel of his car. Get this... they actually convinced the court to let him walk based on the fact that because he was so privileged his entire life, he didn't know right from wrong because his parents never set limits for him, he was a victim of being too affluent. Hence, "Affluenza". Kid was mandated to rehab, thats it. Killed 4 fucking people. Then this other poor bastard is strung out, sells a little dope, and gets 40 years.

And for the poster who mentioned his record, he doesn't have 29 felony convictions on his record, he had just been charged with 29 felonies over the years, most of which he wasn't convicted on.
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I'm disgusted, Mr.scag, I'm so very glad that you brought this article to our attention. Something needs to be done. It's sickening. This bloke needs help not punishing
Evey xxxx
 
Mr.Scagnattie said:
And for the poster who mentioned his record, he doesn't have 29 felony convictions on his record, he had just been charged with 29 felonies over the years, most of which he wasn't convicted on.
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You say that as if you know. Just curious as to what information you have.
 
Mr.Scagnattie said:
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Not much. The dope would be probably 3 grams or so, and the crack another 2-3 most likely. 38 bags of dope is just under 4 buns. Easily personal use quantities if you have a large habit or bought for 2-3 days worth of using, which many addicts do. I have routinely had that amount of dope on me even when I wasn't selling anything. As far as the crack, it's so cheap and the high is so short, that having that much really isn't a big deal either, especially if he was just flipping like half to his friends to pay for him using the other half himself.

Point is those are not even close to "drug dealer" quantities.
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I think that is what he had left after selling the stuff on 4 separate occasions.
or are the 4 charges: cocaine possession, cocaine sale, heroin possession, heroin sale?
UPDATED: "He pleaded guilty to four counts of third-degree criminal sale of a controlled substance."
Either way, he plead guilty to being a drug dealer, so it is kind of past the expiration date. I can't imagine whatever deal he had was sweeter than not being guilty.
 
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Look, I'm no supporter of the 'drug war', but this guy got put away for shitting on the authorities, not for flipping a little dope. If you take the time to read into his case, he's been hemmed up for years now, continuously fucking up and being a total heatbag. He was investigated as part of an organized sales ring, sold drugs in court ordered rehab (!?), and he was caught with a loaded gun that is suspect in a shooting - among other things. He basically decided to be a total asshole numerous times, and THAT'S what his sentence is about. It's about his stupidity in thinking that the system was all jokes... over and over.
 
pmoseman said:
You say that as if you know. Just curious as to what information you have.
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I called his mother to give her the info for my lawyer, who is quite good. I told him about the case and he was appalled so he agreed to look into their case for free, because he knows that area well and has worked with the DA Adam Levy very closely. He was the assistant DA of that county for over 20 years.

The article I posted also states that the 29 felonies where only charged, not convicted.
 
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No, she said he's had felony convictions, but only a few. I didn't ask her specifically how many out of the 29 he was convicted on, but if had been a significant amount, they would have said that instead of only saying how many he had been charged with. I'm sure I could ask my lawyer to find out more but I wasn't trying to drill this women for all the specifics on her son, just trying to offer her a little help.

Look, it doesn't matter in the grand scheme of things. Yes the kid was in trouble a lot over the years, and yes he fucked up while he was on drug court. But 40 years? On no planet does that make sense.
 
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