Pubdate: Mon, 02 Dec 2013
Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution (GA)
Copyright: 2013 The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Contact:  http://www.ajc.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/28
Author: Linda A. Bell

OFFICIAL GETS PROBATION WHERE OTHERS GET JAIL

Rep. Trey Radel was recently arrested for buying cocaine from an 
undercover agent and has been sentenced to a year's probation. So 
that's what happens to the "War on Drugs" when the individual 
arrested is white and powerful? Meanwhile, poor black and Hispanic 
men and women who have been and are being charged with similar 
possession of marijuana and other drugs like cocaine serve lengthy 
prison sentences or live the rest of their lives under a felony 
arrest and/ or conviction. Yet, some continue to refer to this as a 
"criminal justice system." Where is the justice in the system?

Linda A. Bell, Decatur
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