Pubdate: Sun, 17 Aug 2003
Source: New York Times (NY)
Copyright: 2003 The New York Times Company
Contact:  http://www.nytimes.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/298
Authors: Dina Asebedo
Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/alert/0272.html

HARSH JUSTICE PUTS LIVES IN THE BALANCE  (2 of 3)

To the Editor:

Re your Aug. 12 editorial about mandatory minimums: My family is a victim 
of the war on drugs. My husband was a first-time offender convicted only on 
the word of someone looking to shorten his own sentence. The harsh 
mandatory minimum guidelines imposed a sentence of 78 months, one that the 
judge himself agreed was cruel and unnecessary.

DINA ASEBEDO
San Antonio,
Aug. 13, 2003
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