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Re:Clemency petition for Ross Ulbricht reaches 7,000 signatu... by ekianjo on Tuesday July 17, 2018 @12:41PM (#17550998)
> Even if you only get charged and convicted of the drug possession the case with the trunk full of guns will in all likelihood experience harsher sentencing.

That's not how the Rule of Law works.

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Re:Clemency petition for Ross Ulbricht reaches 7,000 signatu... by sdhgaiojfsa on Tuesday July 17, 2018 @12:48PM (#17551066)
It actually is how the law works, though, since (for better or worse) there is judicial discretion in sentencing.
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Re:Clemency petition for Ross Ulbricht reaches 7,000 signatu... by s73v3r_ on Tuesday July 17, 2018 @01:37PM (#17551492)
Yes it is? Are you honestly trying to say that one cannot take the context of things into account when sentencing?
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