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"Dothan drug suspect asks for more prison time"

By Douglas A. Berman

The title of this post is the headline of this intriguing local article reporting on an Alabama state case which highlights that defendants are not always eager for the shortest possible prison term.  Here are the details: A convicted felon turned down a three-year prison term Tuesday, asking a judge for a longer sentence. The Houston County District Attorney?s Office offered Gary Allen Walker three years in prison if he?d plead guilty to a felony cocaine possession charge. But he turned it down, and asked the court for a longer sentence, specifically a five-year prison sentence. Walker, 39, of Dothan, said he wanted more time in prison to complete a job skills program inside the state Department of Corrections. Houston County Sheriff?s deputies arrested Walker in March and charged him with felony unlawful possession of a controlled substance...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on August 18, 2010 (boomark / email).