Pubdate: Sun, 03 Feb 2002
Source: Tallahassee Democrat (FL)
Copyright: 2002 Tallahassee Democrat.
Contact:  http://www.tdo.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/444
Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v02/n155/a01.html?1453
Author: Clifford Schaffer

WILL BUSH CONTINUE TO SUPPORT JAILING OFFENDERS?

Re: "Debating the magnitude of this story" by John Winn Miller (column, 
Jan. 30).

There is one other thing that distinguishes this news story: The woman who 
was busted is the daughter of one of the nation's chief proponents of 
jailing people for drug offenses. Let's see how serious he is about jail 
being such a wonderful solution to the drug problem when the person who 
might be going to jail is his own daughter.

Just to keep things entirely fair, let's make sure she goes through the 
system with an ordinary public defender, not some high-priced friend of her 
daddy - just like all the young black men who preceded her.

There's a word for this kind of situation. It's called "karma."

CLIFFORD A. SCHAFFER, Director, DRCNet Online Library of Drug Policy
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