Thursday, April 27, 2006

7 1/2 years in jail for marijuana

From the AP:
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- A judge changed a sentence from six months in prison to eight years after a teenager convicted in a drive-by shooting wrote a letter asking a friend to take over his marijuana dealings.

Aaron K. Lawless, 18, agreed to testify against two men who prosecutors say set up the shooting that killed 19-year-old Alisha Quillen last July. The two men were sentenced to eight years in prison while Lawless got six months. He had only 20 days left to serve.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

You idiot, he got 7 1/2 years for a friggin DRIVE BY SHOOTING. Dumbass.

Micah Daigle said...

Actually he only got SIX MONTHS for being involved in a drive-by shooting.

The 7 1/2 years was tacked onto the 1/2 year sentence simply for writing a letter asking a friend to take over his marijuana dealings.

Do you think that selling marijuana is FIFTEEN TIMES more dangerous than being involved in a drive-by-shooting?? That's what this judge's ruling seems to imply.

Try reading a bit more closely before attacking our bloggers.