News (Media Awareness Project) - US: Drug Charge Beaten, But At High Price - Win At All Costs series |
| Title: | US: Drug Charge Beaten, But At High Price - Win At All Costs series |
| Published On: | 1998-11-23 |
| Source: | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (PA) |
| Fetched On: | 2008-09-06 19:36:55 |
DRUG CHARGE BEATEN, BUT AT HIGH PRICE
John Gardner was a 33-year-old Pittsburgh postal employee when he was
arrested on drug charges in 1989.
Gardner had worked for seven years at the post office distribution facility
in Warrendale and had won awards for his exemplary service.
He was charged after a government informant with an expensive drug habit
talked him into buying drugs to help feed the informants drug habit. It
was all part of a government sting.
Two years later, a federal judge dismissed the charges, saying the
government had "acted outrageously in inducing the defendant to engage in
conduct that led to his prosecution."
By that time, Gardner had lost his job and most of his assets fighting the
case. No federal agents or prosecutors were punished.
John Gardner was a 33-year-old Pittsburgh postal employee when he was
arrested on drug charges in 1989.
Gardner had worked for seven years at the post office distribution facility
in Warrendale and had won awards for his exemplary service.
He was charged after a government informant with an expensive drug habit
talked him into buying drugs to help feed the informants drug habit. It
was all part of a government sting.
Two years later, a federal judge dismissed the charges, saying the
government had "acted outrageously in inducing the defendant to engage in
conduct that led to his prosecution."
By that time, Gardner had lost his job and most of his assets fighting the
case. No federal agents or prosecutors were punished.
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