30-year-old Woman Gets 99 Years on Cocaine Conviction

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[chance33_98]

30-year-old Woman Gets 99 Years on Cocaine Conviction 
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(Huntsville-AP) -- A 30-year-old Huntsville woman has been sentenced to 99 years in prison for conspiring to traffic in cocaine. Madison County Assistant District Attorney Don Rizzardi says Tabitha C. Dickerson, who was sentenced Friday, must serve at least six to eight years before she is eligible for parole. A jury convicted Dickerson on the trafficking charge June 11. At sentencing, Circuit Judge Jim Smith imposed the 99-year term and also ordered Dickerson to pay fines totaling $13,000. Prosecutors said Dickerson had fled to Troy two years ago to avoid arrest, but was captured and returned to Huntsville. She still faces trials on two counts of sale of cocaine and another count of conspiracy to traffic cocaine.

[goodieD]

And the reason this woman deserves a bigger sentence than a rapist, murderer or pedophile is......what?
The great WOD run amuck once again...sorry..not again..STILL.

[chance33_98]

And the reason this woman deserves a bigger sentence than a rapist, murderer or pedophile is......what

NOTE: Those items are only punishable crimes under the following circumstances -

Murder: Only if it is a man doing the killing, and he is not famous. Sometimes women, but only if they kill someone other then their child or boyfriend.

Pedophile: Only if it is a priest, male, or a non homosexual.

Rapist: Only men can be rapist.

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[Libertarianize the GOP]

A 99 year sentence but could be paroled in 6-8 years.

[Consort]

When she get out, she'll either be 38 years old or 129 years old, whichever comes first.

[albee]

If you can't do the time...Don't Do The Crime!

[Cindy]

With Dope --- No Hope

[hunter112]

I'm wondering what the amount involved was. If this was a sufficiently large enough quantity to motivate a sizable number of addicts to the crimes necessary to buy it, then the sentence is proportional to the harm caused by the potential sale of it.

[wienerdog.com]

Ooh, you're tough. Ever been in jail? It might change your tone a little, even if it's only for a few hours while you wait to get bailed out for a phony charge. You should try it sometime before you start howling to lock everybody up.

[fporretto]

And the reason this woman deserves a bigger sentence than a rapist, murderer or pedophile is......what?

The great WOD run amuck once again...sorry..not again..STILL.

You stole the words right out of my forebrain, dear. But there's still hope. More conservatives than ever before -- and far more conservatives than liberals -- are questioning the Drug War's efficacy and moral consequences.

Freedom, Wealth, and Peace,
Francis W. Porretto
Visit The Palace Of Reason: http://palaceofreason.com

[Wil H]

And the reason this woman deserves a bigger sentence than a rapist, murderer or pedophile is......what?

Maybe she was supplying to the Judge, after all, Bill Clinton's supplier, Sharlene Wilson, still rots in jail serving a 31 year sentence after she was sent there to silence her.

[Wil H]

..Self Correction, she has now been released, but spent about ten years of a 31 year sentence for selling half an ounce of marijuana and $100 worth of methamphetamine to an informant.

Is that normal?

[dead]

If you can't do the time...Don't Do The Crime!

What crime did I commit, that I should be sentenced to pay for this non-violent woman’s food, clothing, medical care and utilities for the next 99 years?

[WindMinstrel]

...and far more conservatives than liberals

That's the thing that amuses me about the Free Republic pro-WoDdies. Liberals love the WoD -- it lets them increase the size of government, serves as a justification for more and more social programs, and is the fulfillment of FDR New-Dealism. What more could a liberal ask for?

What do conservatives get out of the deal? A weak morality play and a few more cops -- unionized cops, of course. Looks like we lose on that one.

[Don Myers]

"...must serve at least six to eight years before she is eligible for parole."

Did you miss this part? If you can't do the time, don't do the crime. It seems to me that if a person knows the penalty for a criminal act, and then gets caught, he or she has no reason to gripe. And, the drug users/appeasers have no room to gripe either.

[Don Myers]

"Ooh, you're tough. Ever been in jail? It might change your tone a little, even if it's only for a few hours while you wait to get bailed out for a phony charge. You should try it sometime before you start howling to lock everybody up."

There is one solution for not serving time. Don't commit an offense for which you may be locked up. Try it, sometime.

[Don Myers]

"What crime did I commit, that I should be sentenced to pay for this non-violent woman’s food, clothing, medical care and utilities for the next 99 years?"

Just love this new age reasoning. I assume it is new age reasoning. It is strange enough.

[dead]

It seems to me that if a person knows the penalty for a criminal act, and then gets caught, he or she has no reason to gripe.

I’ll remember that when you’re imprisoned for gun possession.

(You’d really love China.)

[KSCITYBOY]

No - She should get the 99 year sentence - and pedophiles should be executed. Coke is poison.