Taste of his own medicine

NY Times via Kansas City Star ^ | May 09, 2006 | JOHN TIERNEY

[Recovering_Democrat]

Yeah, but what has this Paey guy ever done about the
BORDERS???

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[jwh_Denver]

"Sounds like he was more than just a user.'

Post 12 "Paey is serving prison time for drug distribution not because he's guilty of actually distributing drugs — the state admits as much"

[MHGinTN]

Feudal Lord Vincente whose drug traffic profits would be severely curtailed doesn't want border security ... hint, hint, hint

[neverdem]

There's got to be something rotten in Florida IMO.

I'm afraid it's just petty, vindictive bureaucrats in Florida's Dept. of Corrections. Thanks for posting the story.

[DBrow]

One clue is in the article- he apparently mouthed off that he "had a right" to do what he did. Fits in with his rich-poor Trotskyite talk.

Judges and juries frequently are swayed by shows of remorse, admissions of guilt, and promises not to do it again, and plea bargains are another good way to get out of doing time (and a plea bargain includes an admission of guilt and an monitored promise to not do it again called probation). "Repent and sin no more" comes to mind as a lesson in forgiveness.

Judges and juries are frequently not impressed with defendants who refuse to admit guilt (claiming a right is salt in that) and who are unrepentant and unremorseful.

Now, that may not be just or moral but I've been in enough courtrooms to see the dynamic. A judge in LA handed a six month sentence to a gang member who huffed, "So?" and the judge changed it to eighteen months on the spot. The gang banger was silent at that point.

And the unknown part of the story may lie in the "distribution" statement, which may simply be a statutory requirement based on quantity, a la possession with intent to distribute, or maybe more, I can't say.

[knuthom]

Limbaugh objected when prosecutors, unable to come up with enough evidence against him, demanded to be allowed to go through his medical records in the hope of finding something. He managed to stop them in court, but other defendants can’t afford long legal battles to protect their privacy.

Actually, I think the prosecutors did get to see Limbaugh's medical records. If there was anything in them that they could have used against Rush, I believe they would have.

[Reaganwuzthebest]

The 25 year term that Richard Paey got is a travesty.

That doesn't seem right to me either. Could be more to it, maybe he's a repeat offender or the drugs were harder.

[Cecily]

Well, 25 years in jail for a disabled man with a legitimate need for painkillers ought to show him real good!

Jebby needs to spring this man ASAP.

[Reaganwuzthebest]

Looks like they were making an example out of him for not taking a plea bargain. 25 years is way out of line unless he had prior convictions.

[sgtbono2002]

This guy seems to have a problem with Rush skating. I wonder how he feels about Patches.

[manwiththehands]

And?

If there were a case against Rush Limbaugh the prosecutor would not have agreed to the "plea".

Case closed.

Get a life, Mr. Tierney.

[lonedawg]

This post is pretty lame, which is it ,Limbaugh or the drug cops you after or will any ole' conservative do.

[lonedawg]

Me thinks! the whole story hasn't been told>

[MNJohnnie]

The wealth and the powerful hired big shot legal talent and spend millions to fight the system. It has NOTHING to do with anything other then the basic corruption of our legal system. Justice may be blind, she is also a hooker available to the buyer who can meet her price.

[Reaganwuzthebest]

the whole story hasn't been told

Probably, he should appeal it.

[KoRn]

The sentence this guy got handed to him is insane! Unless there is more that's unknown here, be basically got sent to prison for 25 years for trying to get his pain relieved. Unless it's a pain clinic, doctors almost never prescribe anywhere near enough medicine to help a patient deal with such things, I know this from experience. Sometimes it seems they are more concerned with liability issues than helping people who really need it.

Justice wasn't served in this case. No one was harmed. This guy may have violated some man made laws, but I don't see how he can go to prison longer than most child molesters and many murderers.

[KoRn]

WOD insanity ping.

[not2worry]

The Salvation Army is a great source of free rehabilitation and after placement programs.

If the guy truly needed pain medication then I don't understand his logic that he needed to go to rehab that he could not afford. How did he afford the drugs from the pharmacy or was he buying them off the street?

[Iscool]

Yeah, but what has this Paey guy ever done about the BORDERS???

About as much as George Bush...

[COEXERJ145]

Wow, a border hijack attempt and Terri Schivao hijack attempt all in the same thread.