"First time offender gets 55 years for selling marijuana"He was prosecuted by the feds and so there is no parole. He will serve at least 85% of this sentence. Meanwhile deadly drug criminals such as drunk drivers seldom do any can-time and even end up in the WH like convicted DUIs bush and cheney.
Insanity - 55 Years In Prison For Selling Marijuana
By Rob Kampia Executive Director Marijuana Policy Project
12-31-4
Dear Friend:
Twenty-five-year-old Weldon Angelos celebrated Christmas in federal prison this year ... just like he'll do every year until he's 80.
Last month, Angelos was sentenced to 55 years in prison for selling marijuana to undercover police officers. As U.S. District Judge Paul Cassell pointed out at sentencing, that's more time than he would have received if he had hijacked an airplane (25 years), beaten someone to death in a fight (13 years), or raped a 10-year-old child (11 years).
In fact, the maximum sentence for all those crimes combined is less than the federal mandatory minimum sentence for a drug felony involving a gun. (Angelos was carrying a gun at the time of his arrest, although he never brandished it or threatened anyone.)
The assistant U.S. attorney prosecuting the case justified putting Angelos -- a first-time offender and father of two -- behind bars for 55 years by saying that he was a "purveyor of poison" who got what he deserved. (The "poison" was marijuana, which has never killed anyone.)
Buy a Bible and become insane./././.
