Pubdate: Sun, 03 Mar 2002
Source: Albany Times Union (NY)
Copyright: 2002 Capital Newspapers Division of The Hearst Corporation
Contact:  http://www.timesunion.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/8
Author: John Miller

DOES THIS SENTENCE REALLY FIT THE CRIME?

I was struck (once again) by the prison sentence that Malcolm Sidbury 
could receive for selling $20 worth of crack on Lark Street in Albany 
("Man guilty of selling crack,'' Times Union, Feb. 22).

New York state is willing to throw this man in prison for 8 1/2 to 25 
years, at taxpayers' expense? Surely Malcolm must've killed somebody, 
right?

JOHN MILLER

Albany
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