In the U.S. a person caught with only 5 grams of crack-cocaine is automatically sentenced to 5 years in state prison. I don't know who came up with these ridiculous laws but not even child molesters and robbers get 5 years!
2007-11-30 18:18:02 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
Do you enve know how much 5 grams is? i'm sorry but it's just not rational to put drug addicts in prison for 5 grams!
2007-11-30 18:22:23 · update #1
Even some people convicted of manslaughter and attempted murder don't get 5 years lol!
2007-11-30 18:23:13 · update #2
Breathe in... breathe out...let the "dust" clear..., NO ITS NOT TO HARSH!
2007-12-01 00:05:16 · answer #1 · answered by 2Bad4U 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It's much too harsh, and it's unfair. People with drug problems need help, not prison, and it would be better for society for these people to become productive members. Also the penalty is simply unfair. The sentences for real cocaine are typically much less. So this is another example of treating the poor worse than the rich. . .
2016-05-27 01:53:29 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
5grams is a pretty substantial amount of dope when you think about it. This may fall into intent to distribute. Feel lucky it's not meth. I believe under the new guidelines it carries a minimum of 20 to life. I do agree that prison isn't doing anything for these people. They should be locked into a Tech school with on-premise D&A rehab. I'd be willing to bet that most of these people would stop the drugs if they were able to get jobs that they are interested in. Prison only serves to create outlaws. There's nothing even close to reform going on there! Bubba is not going to reform a person by raping him.
2007-11-30 18:32:34 · answer #3 · answered by pappyld04 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No. If it's for personal use in a safe environment, why were they on the street to get caught? Since they weren't in a safe environment, they're a danger to society. The effects of crack are varied and usually worse than other recreational drugs. If we go by that, execute the dealers, give 10 to life to first offenders(depending on the circumstances under which they were caught), and give life-without -parole to 3-time users. It's not the drug, it's the consequences of the use of the drug.
2007-11-30 18:35:59 · answer #4 · answered by jelesais2000 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
You are wrong. It is not automatic that a person caught with 5 grams of cocaine is automatically sentenced to five years in prison, but it should be. Drugs are a scourge on our society. Look at what drugs have done to people. These druggies commit crimes to support their habit and destroy other people's lives in the process They should be put away. Never trust a cocaine user or cocaine dealer.
2007-11-30 18:43:41 · answer #5 · answered by Mariner 3 · 2⤊ 3⤋
Do you know how much 5 grams is?
Your typical $10.00 rock for one addict to smoke is maybe a hair over a quarter gram (0.25 Grams, one twenty-fifth of a gram).
That would make someone in possession of 5 grams, in possession of about 20 rocks. That is a dealer, that is a death peddler.
5 years is fine.
2007-11-30 19:23:28 · answer #6 · answered by California Street Cop 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
5 grams is quite a bit; however isn't there a 1st offender program in your state (if you are 1st offender)? Did they get you for intent to distribute? I do think the sentence is ridiculous. I think it depends on what state you got caught in.
2007-11-30 21:46:05 · answer #7 · answered by marincaligirl 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think that anyone who does drugs just needs to be droped off a 2 miles from shore out in the ocean and the ones who survive are the ones who can be let back into society with no more punishment tell thier next offense.
2007-11-30 19:50:42 · answer #8 · answered by Branden S 1 · 1⤊ 2⤋
if u do a little bit of crime you get a little bit of time in the case of drugs though after watching american gangster i see why drugs need to tooken off te streets people just overdue everything
2007-11-30 20:35:19 · answer #9 · answered by just4fun 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes, I do.
Whole-heartedly.
The whole purpose of such laws is simply to have a legalistic method of removing from the local society those whom the local governments have failed to protect from such vices.
"We failed you, but we don't want to admit that it was we who failed you, nor do we want to take responsibility for having failed you, we simply want to get you out of sight of the many people we aim to impress, lest we lose our jobs and thence our income. So, get out of our way so we can fail to protect more people just like you."
That is all such laws are saying.
2007-11-30 21:05:17 · answer #10 · answered by Robert G 5 · 2⤊ 2⤋
yes it is .when those crazy cops in atlanta murdered that old woman and only got 10 and 12 years each/they should have gotten the death penalty
2007-12-01 05:23:12 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋