Pubdate: Mon, 18 Sep 2000 Source: Amarillo Globe-News (TX) Copyright: 2000 Amarillo Globe-News Contact: P.O. Box 2091, Amarillo, TX 79166 Fax: (806) 373-0810 Website: http://amarillonet.com/ Forum: http://208.138.68.214:90/eshare/server?action=4 Author: Charles Hurlocker, Jr. UNJUST JUSTICE? I just finished reading the chilling and scary account of a Tulia man who sold less than a fifth of an ounce of cocaine to an undercover officer and received a 60-year prison sentence (Sept. 8 Daily News Area Final story, "Tulia man gets 60 years in drug trial"). This is yet another example that we are living in a police state where authorities have license to literally destroy lives - all under the ruse of a so-called drug war. One has to wonder whether the undercover agent, the district attorney and the judge harbor any misgivings after putting this man in prison for the rest of his life. More daunting, however, is the realization that they probably believe what they did was just. CHARLES HURLOCKER JR. Renton, Wash. - --- MAP posted-by: Don Beck