OK Woman Gets 10 Years for Selling $31 of Marijuana

[kpete]

TAFT — Because of $31 in marijuana sales, Patricia Marilyn Spottedcrow is now serving 10 years in prison, has been taken away from her four young children and husband, and has ended her work in nursing homes.

Three days before Christmas, Spottedcrow, 25, entered the Eddie Warrior Correctional Center.

“I'm nervous … because it's prison … people I don't know,” she said.

“People said don't get too comfortable here or you'll be here longer. Don't make too many friends. Come and do your time and get out.”

Read more: http://newsok.com/how-31-of-pot-gave-mom-a-10-year-prison-sentence/article/3542585#ixzz1EX8F44Pu

[formercia]

1. First Nations

Makes you wonder, doesn't it?

[KansasVoter]

This is why American has more people in prison than any country in the world!

[Recursion]

12. Basically. Around 20 years ago a lot of people decided to trade high incarceration for low crime

And so, our crime rate has plummeted while our incarceration rate has soared.

[MH1]

18. has the crime rate really plummeted?

I live near Philly and I don't see that at all. I think it has gone down slightly in the last couple years, since we elected a reasonably competent mayor. (big change from the one before him)

I think people were sold a bill of goods by the prison industry, which is raking it in.

[Recursion]

20. Yes. Do you remember the 90s?

The violent crime rate is something like 1/5th what it was in 1992 nationally.

[KansasVoter]

21. Explain our murder rate compared to other countries.

[Recursion]

22. It's like one fifth of what it was 20 years ago (nt)

[KansasVoter]

25. You are flat out lying now. Not even close to 1/5. Please provide stats!!! Also.....

You are crediting it to the Incarceration rate which means countries with lower Incarceration rates should have a higher murder rate.

Your logic needs some work.

[fascisthunter]

2. OK is not OK

talk about extremist.... idiots make more criminals by criminalizing something so benign.

[indepat]

14. Warehousing someone at a societal cost of some $500,000 seems about right for

selling a minuscule amount of a mostly beneficial substance in a nation long gone criminally insane. :patriot:

[RegieRocker]

3. A true mark of a fascist government.

[Solly Mack]

4. K&R

and yet....

[meow mix]

5. forcing zero tolerance upon the whole nation doesnt even seem legal, if alcohol is ok.

alcohol is way stronger.. and more harmful to society (if were going to cast stones at these activity)

[Angry Dragon]

6. The countrywide dude steals $45 million dollars

pays back the $45 million, pays $22.5 fine and no jail time still has about $300 million left
Another one steals $60 million from government, pays money back and no jail time
rick scott steals $1.7 billion in medicare, his company pays it back and then he gets elected governor

JUSTICE FOR ALL ........ just depends which side of justice you are on determines your justice

[Horse with no Name]

7. Contrast this

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=439&topic_id=464732&mesg_id=464732

Now, which person is more dangerous to society?

Fuck this war on drugs.

[nosmokes]

8. Other than violent crimes like rape and murder, prisons should be abolished.

Nothing good comes out of sending someone to prison. If the point is to punish an offender, there are other means, far more effective than warehousing them in tortuous conditions.If our intent is to rehabilitate, again, there are far far more effective ways than warehousing them in tortuous conditions.

[Bozita]

9. That's a penalty of about $320,000 to the folks who pay for the prisons

I don't know the number for OK, but here in MI we pay over $32,000/inmate/year. We spend more on prisons than we do on higher education. A real recipe for success.

Gotta wonder what the OK taxpayers think about this infuckingsane sentence.

[Modern_Matthew]

10. The private prison lobby is one hell of a force. n/t

[Recursion]

11. She took pot with her to court?

That sentence is insane, but so is taking pot to court.

[msanthrope]

17. Drug dealing in front of your kids will get you that kind of sentence.

Taking pot to court? Yeah. Seen people do it.

[msanthrope]

13. Drug-dealing in front of your kids will get you 10 years. Having yr kid 'make change' for the drug

deal???

10 years is a long time for stupid, I agree. The grandmother involved was charged with the same offenses, and was given a suspended sentence on guilty plea.

[Pushed To The Left]

15. This will never truly be a free country until these kinds of laws are eliminated for good.

Does anybody in Oklahoma really feel safer by ripping this mother away from her children for 10 years? For selling a plant?

[Codeine]

16. She tried to take weed to jail with her.

And she had her kids running change for her while she sold it. Sigh.

Prison for this is stupid, but this person is clearly dumber than dogshit.

[greyl]

23. She didn't think she'd be going to jail after sentencing.

She only took weed into a courtroom where she was appearing as a defendant in a case concerning weed.

[lib2DaBone]

19. Supply arms to Pakistan or Columbia.. and you are good to go....

Get caught with a MJ cigarette in the US.. and you will go to jail for 20 years.

Supply arms to Pakistan or Columbia.. and you are golden.

Dont steal or cheat.... the government hates competition....

[old mark]

24. Pot is still illegal. If you are not prepared to take consequencesfor it, don't do it.

I think it should be legal, but it is not, and everyone who has any in their posession-for any reason-is taking a chance.

mark