Re: LSD News: LSD Kingpins Given Harsh Sentences

"rfgdxm/Robert F. Golaszewski" wrote:
> 
> 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.

It's a network, the distributors for which are still in place.  Not to
mention apprentices who still retain the knowledge of large-scale
manufacturing.  And, suppliers of precursors.  "Top of the chain" is
just a node in the network, wouldn't take much to replace it.


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The lock upon my garden gate's a snail, that's what it is.

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