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  • Former tough-on-drugs prosecutor in Texas sentenced on drug-related charge

    06/01/2005 1:41:09 PM PDT · by Extremely Extreme Extremist · 31 replies · 867+ views
    wfrv.com ^ | 06/01/2005 | Associated Press
    AMARILLO, Texas (AP) A former tough-on-drugs district attorney was sentenced Wednesday to five years in federal prison on drug-related charges. ``I recognize that I used very poor judgment in everything I've done. What makes it onerous is that I was a public official,'' said Rick Roach, 55. Roach campaigned hard against drugs in 2000 when he ran for district attorney in charge of five Texas Panhandle counties. He was re-elected in 2004 and was 11 days into his second four-year term when he was arrested at the courthouse for carrying two guns in his briefcase. Roach admitted he was addicted...