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Rush
Limbaugh vs. Oxycontin Sentences
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Buzz,
In
response this letter, in the 10-21-03
Mailbag:
Perhaps
someone with the know-how can do this. Track down the sentence given
to average people who have done what limbaugh has. In the unlikely
event he gets taken to court we can compare the treatment. So far
it
looks like he won't be charged at all. I'd like to hear what has
happened to others in his shoes.
Phil Rowland
South Pasadena, CA
I
just did a Google search for "sentenced possession oxycontin" --
you might be surprised to see some of these sentences (many are
both for possession and "with intent to distribute," which
is a common charge when large amounts of contraband are found.
Certainly
dealing in "thousands of pills, over several years," like
Rush did, would involve this charge, as well as simple possession):
[Google
Search Link]
Just a few, from "about 1,210" search results:
"BROOKS and RUSSELL each face a statutory maximum sentence of 60 years
imprisonment, and a fine of up to $6,000,000. They are scheduled to be
sentenced on November 25, 2003 at 2:30 p.m. at the federal courthouse
in Abingdon." [LINK]
"BARTON faces a statutory mandatory minimum penalty of 80 years in prison
up to a maximum penalty of life in prison and fines of up to $3 million
when he is sentenced November 10. ALALUSI faces a statutory maximum
penalty of up to 20 years in prison and fines of up to $1 million when she is
sentenced November 3."
[LINK]
"He also was sentenced to 21 years and 10 months in prison for illegal
acquisition and distribution of OxyContin." [LINK]
Tuesday, September 2, 2003
"A federal jury Thursday convicted Lockwood resident Jack Glendale Standley
on two charges that he distributed OxyContin, a strong prescription
painkiller, but acquitted him of two other drug counts. Standley, 72, faces up
to
30 years in prison and a $2 million fine on the distribution convictions." [LINK]
Any
bets on what Rush will get (besides truckloads of "sympathy
and compassion")? HAH!!
Anyone
wishing to "Speed
Rush's retirement" might
want to demand his immediate termination, by sending an email to
Mr. Lowry Mays,
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Clear Channel Communications LLowryMays@clearchannel.com,
parent company of Premiere Radio Networks, Inc. 15260 Ventura Blvd. 5th Floor,
Sherman Oaks, CA
91403 (Rush's
employer - no email address found, but a postal letter would be effective)
Also,
I told Mr. Mays that unless and until Rush was terminated that I,
and many others, would be boycotting
all their advertisers.
nerdeaux
in Idyho A
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