Among those who had their sentences commuted by the president under the new "Catch and Release" program was Clarence Aaron of Mobile, Ala. ... who was sentenced in 1993 to life in prison for possession with intent to distribute cocaine ... and was justifiably pardoned because it is unfair to keep upstanding citizens like him in jail ... and because what he did wasn't all that bad ... really ... and because we need more people like him out on the street contributing to society!
Besides, there was a job waiting for him in Toronto...
When coming up with the amount of a drug that was in a person's possession, the actual amount ought to be used.
A kilo of crack is a tenth of a kilo of actual cocaine.
You kind of expect a crack head to go easy on crack pushers.
You kind of expect a crack head to go easy on crack pushers.
a great percentage of them will be back in the slammer within one year!
I actually don’t have a problem with this. He served over 20 years. Do you think selling drugs should result in a life sentence? Especially when most violent felons get a few years at most? I’d be perfectly fine with switching that around.
Clarence Aaron would’ve been released during the Bush administration had it not been for misconduct by a DOJ official involved in the case. His life sentence was outrageous.
Obama should’ve let him go years ago. Everyone who has heard of it agrees:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/2008/12/04/locked-up-for-life-part-one-case-clarence-aaron/
If it was up to Obama, Zimmerman would be serving a life sentence because of the Trayvon case, so I doubt he really knows what a “fair system” is.
15th offence?
I’ll bet you that within a year they are all back in the pokey....................
IIRC, after Len Bias’s death,there were many in the black community who begged for harsh sentences to stop the crack scourge.
Now those laws are considered “unfair”.
I DO think life is too harsh for any but the biggest drug crimes, such as bundles of coke heroin and the like.
“sentenced under an unfair system”
Hey Hussein: It’s not up to you to decide which laws are or are not fair. Now stop doing your level best to destroys America, you bastard.
White House: “These crack offenders are being released because the justice system is fundamentally flawed. While those convicted of drug crimes involving the crack version of cocaine get mandatory sentences up to life without parole, those abusing powder cocaine get to party with celebrities and people like Larry Sinclair. They can even become president.”
Wait until you see Obama’s Pardon List out the day before the end of his term. It will make the Manhattan Metro phone book look small by comparison.
If ZEROBAMA had prison friends they would look like him.
New world order needs to keep promoting its drug industry in the minds of the sheeple.
Good. Even a broken clock is right once in a while.
The War on Drugs is the epitome of Constitution-shredding, nanny-state Tyranny. Always has been. Always will be.
Prohibitionist authoritarians delude themselves when they say they believe in Liberty. They make a mockery of the word...
I wonder if a President can pardon people for non-federal convictions. Can a state, Texas for instance, ignore his orders concerning their prisoners?