There is a movie on Lifetime right now called "Guilt By Association" which has caused some discussion between my husband and I.
Basically, this lady was dating a guy who was a drug dealer and she didn't know he was. As soona s she found out he was, she dumped him. Then she got arrested for co-conspirating with drug trafficking, when in reality she had never touched drugs in her life. The court said that the man had bought her things with money he had gotten from drugs, connecting her to the crime, again she had no idea. They also said she took messages, but she thought they were just friends calling for him, not "customers." She got a longer prison sentence than any of the real criminals. She had to go to jail for 20 years, while some of the drug dealers only had to go for 8.
Basically, what we are not sure of is does this really happen to people? Is this really a law? Details please. Its scary to think that someone you trust could be breaking the law and YOU go to jail for it.
2007-07-10
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