Bob Ney versus a crack dealer


	Bob Ney versus a crack dealer

jklugman

1-26-2007 1:59 PM

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bob ney, drugs, corruption, crime, criminal-justice, hypocrisy

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1-26-2007 7:14 PM

willhelm

I oppose the death penalty, but since it is accepted federally, I think the actual sentence should be death.

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<DIV class="byline">By <A href="http://www.talkleft.com/user/TChris" class="light">TChris</A>, Section <A href="http://www.talkleft.com/section/corruptioncases" class="section_link">Corruption Cases</A>
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		<P>Which federal crime deserves a harsher punishment?  Selling 5 grams of crack or selling out your country?  The crack sale triggers a 5 year mandatory minimum.  Bob Ney's "significant and serious abuse of the public trust" (in the words of the sentencing judge) earned <A href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/20/washington/20ney.html">a sentence of 30 months</A> -- three more than the government recommended.</p> <BLOCKQUOTE>“You have a long way to go to make amends,” Judge Huvelle told the former lawmaker, citing tens of thousands of dollars’ worth of luxury overseas travel and other gifts he accepted from [Jack] Abramoff and the corrupt Republican lobbyist’s partners in return for official favors.</BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/C4B039EB-C3B0-43B1-92A4-6E3644289BD8/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>