Re: LSD News: LSD Kingpins Given Harsh Sentences

Frederick Burroughs wrote:
> "rfgdxm/Robert F. Golaszewski" wrote:
>>
>>    For Pickard, the judge ordered him locked up, and to throw away
>> the key. Apperson got 30 years with no chance of parole. Considering
>> his age, if he doesn't die in prison, he'll be a very old man when
>> he is freed.
>
> Clemency is always an option, depending on the cooperation of the
> defendants in this case.  As "kingpins," these men have intimate
> knowledge of the supply and distribution network.  The harsh sentences
> may be a ploy by the justice system to hide the fact the defendants
> have been cooperative, or, clemency/witness relocation may have been
> put on the table in order to coerce complete cooperation from
> defendants facing long, long sentences.

   Problem is that the usual strategy is to turn people lower down the
supply chain against the bigwigs. These guys were at the top of the
chain.
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