News (Media Awareness Project) - US NY: PUB LTE: Does This Sentence Really Fit The Crime? |
Title: | US NY: PUB LTE: Does This Sentence Really Fit The Crime? |
Published On: | 2002-03-03 |
Source: | Albany Times Union (NY) |
Fetched On: | 2008-01-24 19:01:50 |
DOES THIS SENTENCE REALLY FIT THE CRIME?
I was struck (once again) by the prison sentence that Malcolm Sidbury
could receive for selling $20 worth of crack on Lark Street in Albany
("Man guilty of selling crack,'' Times Union, Feb. 22).
New York state is willing to throw this man in prison for 8 1/2 to 25
years, at taxpayers' expense? Surely Malcolm must've killed somebody,
right?
JOHN MILLER
Albany
I was struck (once again) by the prison sentence that Malcolm Sidbury
could receive for selling $20 worth of crack on Lark Street in Albany
("Man guilty of selling crack,'' Times Union, Feb. 22).
New York state is willing to throw this man in prison for 8 1/2 to 25
years, at taxpayers' expense? Surely Malcolm must've killed somebody,
right?
JOHN MILLER
Albany
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