[JohnPDuncan]

There are dozens of these cases where they get 40, 50 years.. sometimes due to repeat offense or ‘having a dangerous weapon’. The judges have no discretion because of Congress and their federal minimum sentences:

http://www.famm.org/

[a fool in paradise]

Ask Willie Nelson how minimum sentences work. He carries enough pot and mushrooms to be categorized as a dealer and he continually walks.