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Re:Alfred Anaya Put Secret Compartments in Cars. The DEA Put... by krschultz on Saturday October 11, 2014 @11:13PM (#8444195)
Wait, it's "common sense" to you that we should be sentencing non-violent offenders to 20 years in federal prison? How does that make sense?

What is the cost to tax payers of putting him in prison for 20 years? What did he cost tax payers in helping the drug traffickers move their drugs a tiny bit more effectively? I can not imagine that this nets out positively for society, and it effectively ends this guys productive life.

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Re:Alfred Anaya Put Secret Compartments in Cars. The DEA Put... by owenmarshall on Sunday October 12, 2014 @10:07PM (#8447235)
It's possible to agree with the conviction while disagreeing with the sentence. In this case, no, the punishment is excessive.

But the point of my comment wasn't to address that, but to address the conviction.

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