Pubdate: Tue, 16 Mar 1999
Source: United Press International
Copyright: 1999 United Press International

COMPTON MAYOR, LEADERS MARCH FOR DRUG DEFENDANT

COMPTON,  - Compton Mayor Omar Bradley will lead a
delegation of supporters to the Los Angeles County courthouse in
Compton today to support a woman charged with ``possession of $5 worth
of cocaine.'' Alexia Sykes, who's  been sober for 13 years, is facing
25 years to life for the infraction because  of two previous felony
convictions that qualify her for the ``three strikes''  law. Bradley
says prosecutors have offered a six-year prison sentence in  exchange
for Sykes' guilty plea, but says she's not a threat and ``deserves 
some kind of drug prevention counseling and no more than that.''
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