Man gets life in prison for selling $20 worth of weed to undercover cop

[Troonetpt]

this is why I think old sociopaths need to be killed. They'll do too much harm if we just wait for them to die.

[LeoN147]

20$ got him in jail for life, sh/t I'm better start cleaning my emails lol.

[Silly Money]

20$ got him in jail for life, sh/t I'm better start cleaning my emails lol.

Only if you're on your final warning, but I wouldn't ever keep or send anything incriminating in your mail box. You not heard of Edward Snowden? 

[sickhouse]

What is it they say? Cruel and unusual punishment.

[sickhouse]

20$ got him in jail for life, sh/t I'm better start cleaning my emails lol.

You got 2 strikes? Fuck me I wouldn't want to live in the US... Bullshit kid rule "you get 2 chances than you are out".

[bigkahuna]

The home of the free! 

[pattu1]

There is no sense of proportion!!

[leopard2]

So lesson here is, if you commit a 5$ victimless crime in the US, you should be ready to kill rather than be arrested?

Shooting the cop wouldn't have made any difference in terms of sentence

Now on the other hand innocent people are shot by US cops daily 

Who is going to liberate the US now, aliens?

[Inotanewbie]

This must be bs so i call it, (a friend) of mine got caught with over 50 plants and was given a hefty fine an probation etc no he is not a snitch he is a decent man who just happens to like to relax with a smoke.

So one dude gets slap on the wrist for multiple plants and this is not a first i read about it a lot with other people who get similar punishment and another who dabbles with the crumbs gets life? come on!

On the bright side he is no longer homeless and he has food... 

[patt0]

This must be bs so i call it, (a friend) of mine got caught with over 50 plants and was given a hefty fine an probation etc no he is not a snitch he is a decent man who just happens to like to relax with a smoke.

So one dude gets slap on the wrist for multiple plants and this is not a first i read about it a lot with other people who get similar punishment and another who dabbles with the crumbs gets life? come on!

On the bright side he is no longer homeless and he has food...  

I think it depends on the state where it happens. I'm not American but at least that is what someone said above. Some states consider it just a misdemeanor but more conservative states give tougher sentences. It doesn't help that he was already on his third strike. : /
And he has food and shelter now, but the money they spend imprisoning people for these non violent crimes could be spent to help them while they are free. It could even be cheaper.

[picolo]

http://boingboing.net/2015/02/27/man-gets-life-in-prison-for-se.html

A homeless and hungry man agreed to purchase $20 worth of weed for a stranger in exchange for a $5 finder's fee. After the man received his $5 (marked by the police) he was arrested and jailed.

"Six months later, a jury found him guilty of distribution of a schedule I substance (marijuana). Three months after that, a judge sentenced him to life imprisonment with hard labor, without the benefit of parole."

I am appalled by the fact that someone can get a life sentence for this. The US three strike rule is ludicrous. The above article has very little details. It was after reading the article linked below that I learned it was his third strike.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/02/27/fate-vincent-winslow-got-life-in-prison-for-20-worth-of-weed.html

The US justice system can be very very tough. It oppresses poor people the most. It is not all bad though.

[koshgel]

Not mentioning the fact that it is ridiculous to get a prison sentence let alone life in jail for a PLANT.

I couldn't help but think he would definitely be black before opening the article.

[BADecker]

Up to 44 years for man in fatal Pittsburgh police dog stabbing

https://www.freedomsphoenix.com/News/172188-2015-03-11-up-to-44-years-for-man-in-fatal-pittsburgh-police.htm

http://www.wpxi.com/news/news/local/man-who-killed-pittsburgh-police-dog-be-sentenced/nkR3d/

[BitMos]

Not mentioning the fact that it is ridiculous to get a prison sentence let alone life in jail for a PLANT.

I couldn't help but think he would definitely be black before opening the article.

understand that most of those people supporting that believe that on the night of the 24 dec comes a man wearing a red costume to give them gifts if they have followed authority... they even prepare a glass of milk and cookies... then... the sky is the limit.

edit: until gravity kicks in... 

[BitMos]

Americans are totally crazy. the most uncivilized nation in the world, covered by a bunch of shit-shiny-looking shield.

This is completely disgusting.

relatively excluding China Mainland most are worst.

[BitMos]

Americans are totally crazy. the most uncivilized nation in the world, covered by a bunch of shit-shiny-looking shield.

This is completely disgusting.

relatively excluding China Mainland most are worst.

At least China Mainland says publicly that they are a republic-dictature. The disgusting side of USA is that they shows themselves as the good guys when they then act as the worst.

outside of China resides only barbarians... even the "Khan" wanted to be "chinesed", how not once war is mastered... For brief period the USA could have made it... but the c and bor stayed on papers. that's the diff, far from saying that everything is perfect in China... losts of hard decisions and works still to be made, but at least problems are recognized, as opportunity to be solved, and not to be hidden.

[Lethn]

this is why I think old sociopaths need to be killed. They'll do too much harm if we just wait for them to die.

They don't need to be killed, they just need to be ignored, the problem is they deliberately target people like their own children who aren't really able to ignore them so they end up getting force fed their bullshit.

[BitMos]

How to love a society that does all we discuss here. Isn't sociopath in a way the best response in survival mode that the society promotes? How to survive with trusting society - authority?

[BitNerd]

A homeless and hungry man gets a room and a hot(cold?) meal in prison for life out of the tax payers money.

Governments are so altruistic, aren't they? What a beautiful story.