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Florida Judge Tells State 25 Years Is Too Long - No One Disagrees

By Brian Tannebaum, Esq.

Florida Judge Thomas Remington has ordered prosecutors to lessen the sentence of a suspected drug dealer.The story is here.I love that headline. Mainly because it's not that accurate, but will anger those who can't understand why everyone is not in jail.Judge Remington said a 25-year sentence for Monica Pride was too harsh for stealing thousands of hydrocodone tablets from Walmart's pharmacy because "She's a first offender," and "I'm not going to give her 25 years."What were you doing 25 years ago?The judge has ordered prosecutors to go to their boss and "arrange something on a recharge."Oh, they'll be arranging something, but probably not anything that will benefit the defendant.Now, to be fair to those who don't understand why this client isn't getting the death penalty, she did tell investigators she had been taking four to six bottles a day from the pharmacy and selling them for $5 a pill or $500 a bottle...continue to full post

Full post as published by Criminal Defense on October 09, 2008 (boomark / email).