Burton has shown compassion to at least one drug offender.
DAN BURTON II--Son of U.S. Rep. Dan Burton (R-IN): In January 1994, Dan Burton, Jr., was arrested in Louisiana for transporting nearly eight pounds of marijuana in the trunk of his car. Rep. Burton is the chairman of the House Government Reform and Oversight Committee. Six months later, Burton was arrested again, this time at his Indianapolis apartment, where police found thirty marijuana plants and a shotgun with ammunition. Federal prosecutors declined to prosecute the case; Indiana prosecutors recommended dismissal of the charges against Burton; and a Louisiana judge sentenced him to community service (Associated Press, "Congressman's Son Arrested With 7 Pounds of Marijuana," GARY POST-TRIBUNE, January 14, 1994, p. B5; Eric Schlosser, "More Reefer Madness," ATLANTIC MONTHLY, April 1997, pp. 90-102).
As Gomer would say, "Well, su-prize, su-prize!"
Those rules are only meant to apply to the great unwashed masses.
The rules don't apply to the ruling class, only to the serfs.