A friend of mine had been charged with !st degree reckless homicide by supplying methadone to his girlfriend's sister-in-law. He said that he gave her the pills to sell only and made her promise not to take them. He took one and overdosed and survived, then two days later she took them and overdosed and died. Her husband ratted him out to the cops and he was arrested. Her husband stated that she was trying to get off of drugs but at the time that she took these pills she had other drugs in her system. Do you think he should be convicted and sent to prison for 40 years? Or do you think that he should spend time in the county jail? How harsh of a punishment would you give him?
2006-08-14 07:20:22 · 18 answers · asked by monicacinom 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
40 years in the pen, no chance of parole.
2006-08-14 07:27:04 · answer #1 · answered by PUINSAI 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Punished, yes. For forty years, no.
He should be punished for supplying drugs that caused her death, and for encouraging selling illegal/controlled substances. But 40 years? Not when you can get less than 10 years for raping someone, and less than 40 years for homicide in most cases.... This is the biggest problem with our legal system - mandatory sentences for drug offenders. Our prisons are overpopulated with non-violent offenders, and they allow the violent ones back on the streets!
2006-08-14 14:29:02 · answer #2 · answered by YDoncha_Blowme 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Your 'friend' should be sentenced to life in prison. He supplied the drugs that ultimately killed someone. His argument that she wasn't supposed to take them is rather mute since he knew if she didn't take them.. someone else would... and therefore he would have been responsible for multiple deaths instead of just hers. Her keeping the drugs and dying first... simply saved the lives of many more that he could have killed had she distributed the drugs.
Drug dealers .. even those who 'give away the drugs' ... are a dredge on society and they should all be locked up.
Oh.. by the way.. pick better friends.. you'll live longer.
2006-08-14 14:28:57 · answer #3 · answered by wrkey 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would make him go to prison because he shouldn't have gave anybody any pills until he knew that they were ok. After he overdosed on accident he shouldn't have let somebody else take them until he was able to tell them not to take a lot and to make sure that they are not on any other drugs when they try to take them.
2006-08-14 14:46:49 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't believe in warehousing people, usually, but yes, he needs to go to prison for a long time.
You need to get better friends.
And since you think the husband "ratted" out your friend, because he reported her death like any upstanding civic minded person would do, and fingered the murderer, then you'll probably be joining your friend in the near future in the big house.
Only criminals worry about "ratting" someone out - the rest of us, who obey the laws, consider it our civic duty to report law breakers, especially when someone dies as a result of someone's illegal actions.
2006-08-14 14:26:04 · answer #5 · answered by ceprn 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I don't believe he could stay in the county jail for any length of time. But, I'd probably give him 5-10 with chance of parole.
2006-08-14 14:52:12 · answer #6 · answered by skyeblue 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If your state has a Glen Bias law then your friend can be charged for providing methadone even if he told her not to take it.
2006-08-14 16:41:03 · answer #7 · answered by El_Nimo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Let me get this straight?
1. Dope addict gives pills to a known dope addict
2. Known dope addict takes pills & dies
3. AND YOU CALL HER HUSBAND A RAT?????
Not knowing all the facts & evidence, it seems like a reasonable charge. 10 to 20
2006-08-14 14:29:09 · answer #8 · answered by snvffy 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It wasn't right for him to give her the pills to sell but it doesn't really matter if he gave them to her or she bought them sold them or what ever from someone else .. he didn't force her to take them and it sounds like whether he gave them to her or no she was bound to OD on something
2006-08-14 14:28:13 · answer #9 · answered by ambereyes13 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, I'm not a lawyer or anything, but it seems to me that his 'intent' was not to cause physical harm to her, but when it comes to 'drug' related cases, ..... well, I think the punishment is harsher than need be a lot of the time.
2006-08-14 14:31:17 · answer #10 · answered by Suspended 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋