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Originally Posted by
nunbeater
lol sorry mate, I know you can't tell from my name but I am Latino. Believe me, I know all about being on the wrong end of a BS sentence for carrying something I shouldn't have. If you want specific-non-specific prison filling laws just look at the difference between getting busted with crack and cocaine:
http://www.vocativ.com/underworld/dr...ke-sentencing/
Ya that's fucked up. So simple 'possession' of crack carries the same sentence as actual supplying/dealing coke. Insane.
Although pound for pound crack should carry a heavier punishment for the simple reason
it's way more addictive than coke, and thus increases the chances of people committing crimes to feed their habit.
But simple possession of one class A drug should never carry the same sentence as dealing another class A.
Sounds like they're killing two birds with one stone to me....
Racial targeting the poor to fill their prison4profit cells. While also making it a huge deterrent to those who can easily afford and might be tempted.
Like I've had a recreational coke habit my whole life. It's a great drug. But I'd never carry a rock down my sock if it was going to get me around 3-5 years prison (which is what I'd be getting for 18g's of coke in the UK)