Pubdate: Sun, 29 Aug 1999
Date: 08/29/1999
Source: Ogdensburg Advance News (NY)
Author: Joanna Monnet

To The Editor:

In response to the current drug war in St.Lawrence County.  I would
like to point out a perfect example of why we are against this so
called war. An article in the Aug. 24 Ogdensburg Journal reported a
man accused of assaulting a baby is released on a $1,000 bail.  In the
same edition it is reported that several defendants of the drug sweep
are being held without bail.  I fail to see the logic of justice in
giving the perpetrators of violent crimes relatively light bails and
sentences while drug offenders are denied bail and given lenghty sentences.

Joanna Monnet